unceaseable 
unceaseablet (un-se'sa-bl), . Unceasing. 
Decker. 
unceasing (un-se'sing), . Not ceasing; not 
intermitting; continual. P. Fletcher, Piscatory 
Eclogues, iii. =Syn. Incessant, constant, uninterrupt- 
ed, unremitting, perpetual. 
unceasingly (un-se'sing-li), adv. In an unceas- 
ing manner; without intermission or cessa- 
tion; continually. 
uncement (un-sem'ent, -se-ment'), v. t. [< -un- 2 
+ cement.'] To dissever; rend apart. 
How to uncement your affections. 
Chapman and Shirley, Chabot, Admiral ol France, iv. 
uncemented (un-se-men'ted), a. Not cemented. 
The walls being of uncemented masonry. 
Jour. Anthrop. Inst., XIX. 90. 
uncerenumious (un-ser-e-mo'ni-us), a. Not 
ceremonious; familiar; informal. 
No warning given ! unceremonious fate ! 
Young, Night Thoughts, iii. 
unceremoniously (un-ser-e-mo'ni-us-li), ado. 
In an unceremonious manner; without cere- 
mony; informally. 
uncertain (un-ser'tan), a. Not certain; doubt- 
ful, (a) Not known in regard to nature, qualities, or gen- 
eral character. 
The things future, being also euents very vncertaine, 
and such as can not possibly be knowne because they be 
not yet, can not be vsed for example nor for delight other- 
wise then by hope. Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 32. 
For many days 
Has he been wandering in uncertain ways ; 
Through wilderness, and woods of mossed oaks. 
Keats, Endymion, ii. 
(f>) Not known as regards quantity or extent ; indefinite ; 
problematical : as, an uncertain number of independent 
voters ; a person of uncertain age. 
She was not old, nor young, nor at the years 
Which certain people call a certain age, 
Which yet the most uncertain age appears, 
Because I never heard, nor could engage 
A person yet by prayers, or bribes, or tears, 
To name, define by speech, or write on page 
The period meant precisely by that word. 
Byron, Beppo, st. 22. 
(c) Having doubts ; without certain knowledge ; not sure. 
Uncertain of the issue. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., i. 1. 61. 
Thir [the Saxons'] multitude wander'd yet uncertain of 
habitation. Milton, Hist. Eng., iii. 
(d) Not sure as to aim or effect desired. 
Soon bent his bow, uncertain in his aim. 
Dryden, Maeii, vii. 691. 
Or whistling slings dismiss'd the uncertain stone. Oay. 
(e) Unreliable; insecure; not to be depended on. 
The uncertain glory of an April day. 
Shak., T. G. of V., i. 8. 85. 
Can I, then, 
Part with such constant pleasures to embrace 
Uncertain vanities ? 
Fletcher and another. Elder Brother, i. 2. 
(/) Not firm or fixed ; vague ; indeterminate in nature ; 
fluctuating. 
All around 
Are dun uncertain shapes that cheat the sight. 
Bryant, The Journey of Life. 
(ff) Undecided ; hesitating ; not resolved. 
The uncertain sickly appetite to please. 
Shak., Sonnets, cxlvii. 
(ft) Not steady ; fitful. 
Amid the strings his fingers strayed, 
And an uncertain warbling made. 
Scott, L. of L. M.,Int. 
I could see by that uncertain glimmer how fair was all, 
but not how sad and old. Howells, Venetian Life, xi. 
(i) Liable to change ; fickle ; inconstant ; capricious ; ir- 
resolute. 
Thou art constant ; 
I an uncertain fool, a most blind fool. 
Be thou my guide. 
Beau, and FL, Double Marriage, i. 1. 
Oh, woman ! in our hours of ease 
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please. 
Scott, Marmion, vi. 30. 
Uncertain! (un-ser'tan), v. t. [< uncertain, a.] 
To make or cause to be uncertain. Raleigh. 
uncertainly (un-ser'tan-li), adv. In an uncer- 
tain manner, in any sense, 
uncertainness (un-ser'tan-nes), n. The state 
or character of being uncertain, 
uncertainty (un-ser'tan-ti), n. ; pi. uncertain- 
ties (-tiz). 1. The character or state of being 
uncertain; want of certainty, (a) Of things: the 
state of not being certainly known ; absence of certain 
knowledge ; doubtfulness ; want of reliability ; precari- 
ousness. 
The glorious uncertainty of it [the law] is of mair use 
to the professors than the justice of it. 
Macklin, Love a la Mode, ii. 1. 
In bright uncertainty they lie, 
Like future joys to Fancy's eye. 
Scott, L. of the L., iii. 2. 
(6) Of persons : a state of doubt ; a state in which one 
knows not what to think or do ; hesitation ; irresolution. 
Here remain with your uncertainty ! 
Let every feeble rumour shake your hearts ! 
Shak., Cor., iii. 3. 124. 
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If she were a long while absent, he became pettish and 
nervously restless, pacing the room to and fro, with the 
uncertainty that characterized all his movements. 
Hawthorne, Seven Gables, ix. 
2. Something not certainly or exactly known ; 
anything not determined, settled, or establish- 
ed; a contingency. 
Until I know this sure uncertainty, 
I'll entertain the offer'd fallacy. 
Shak., C. of E., ii. 2. 187. 
Man, with all his boasted titles and privileges, wanders 
about in uncertainties, does and undoes, and contradicts 
himself throughout all the various scenes of thinking and 
living. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. xxiii. 
uncessantt (un-ses'ant), a. Incessant. 
There is in this Hand also a mountaine, which . . . 
continueth alwayes burning, by vncessant belching out of 
flames. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 666. 
uncessantlyt (un-ses'ant-li), adv. Incessantly. 
Whare-fore, what may do faile vn-to hym that couaytes 
vn-eessandly for to lufe the name of Ihesu? 
Hampole, Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 3. 
unchain (un-ehan'),>. t [< w- 2 + chain.'] To 
free from chains, slavery, or restraint ; let loose. 
Unchain your spirits now with spelling charms. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 3. 31. 
unchallengeable (un-chal'en-ja-bl), a. Not to 
be challenged; secure. 
His title and his paternal fortune . . . might be ren- 
dered unchallengeable. 
Scott, St. Ronan's Well, xxxiii. (Dames.) 
unchallenged (un-chal'enjd), a. Not chal- 
lenged ; not objected to or called to account. 
unchance (un'chans), n. [< M-l + chance. Cf . 
wanchance, mischance.'] Mischance ; calamity. 
[Scotch.] 
unchancy (un-chan'si), a. [< unchance + -y 1 . 
Cf . wanchancy.'] 1. Unlucky; unfortunate; ill- 
fated; uncanny. 
I cannot but think that there is no safety in having 
such unchancy creatures (as angels, or ghosts, or fairies, 
or the like) about ane. Scott, Monastery. 
2. Dangerous. 
Down the gate, in faith, they're worse, 
An' mair unchancy. 
Burns, Epistle to John Kennedy. 
I never tried him [a dragon-fly] with a hornet, they be- 
ing unchancy insects to hold while one hand is otherwise 
engaged. J. O. Wood, Out of Doors, p. 95. 
3. Inconvenient; unseasonable; unsuitable. 
Why had his Grace come at so unchancy a moment? 
Trollope. 
[Chiefly Scotch in all uses.] 
unchangeability (un-chan-ja-bil'i-ti), . The 
state or character of being unchangeable. 
unchangeable (un-chan'ja-bl), a. Not capable 
of change; immutable; not subject to varia- 
tion: as, God is an unchangeable being. Hooker, 
Eccles. Polity. 
unchangeableness (un-chan'ja-bl-nes), . The 
state or character of being unchangeable ; im- 
mutability. Newton. 
unchangeably (un-chan'ja-bli), adv. So as not 
to suffer change ; without change ; immutably. 
unchanged (un-chanjd'), a. Not changed or 
altered ; unvaried. 
Naught do I see unchanged remain. 
Scott, Marmion, iv. 24. 
unchanging (un-chan'jing), a. Not changing ; 
suffering no alteration ; always the same. 
Thy face is visard-like, unchanging. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., i. 4. 116. 
uncharge (un-charj'), v. t. [< ME. unchargen; 
< - 2 + charge.'] 1. To free from a charge, 
load, or cargo; unload; unburden. 
For-thi I conseille alle Cristene to confourmen hem to 
charite ; 
For charite with-oute chalenynge vncharaeth the soule. 
Piers Plowman (B), xv. 338. 
2. To leave free of blame or accusation ; ac- 
quit of blame ; acquit. 
Even his mother shall uncharge the practice, 
And call it accident. Shak., Hamlet, iv. 7. 68. 
uncharged (un-charjd'), p. a. 1. Not charged; 
not loaded: as, the guns were uncharged. 2. 
Unassailed. [Bare.] 
Open your uncharged ports. Shak., T. of A., v. 4. 56. 
unchariot (un-char'i-ot), v. t. To throw out of 
a chariot ; deprive of a chariot. [Bare.] 
Unhorsed and uncharioted. Pope. 
uncharitable (un-char'i-ta-bl), a. Not chari- 
table; harsh; censorious; severe. 
Stone-hearted men, uncharitable, 
Passe careless by the poore. 
W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, i. 4. 
How unequal, how uncharitable must it needs be. to 
impose that which his conscience cannot urge him to im- 
pose, upon him whose conscience forbids him to obey? 
Hilton, True Eeligion. 
unchristen 
uncharitableness (un-char'i-ta-bl-nes), n. The 
state or character of being uncharitable. 
Heaven and hell are the proper regions of mercy and 
uncharitableness. Bp. Atterbury. 
uncharitably (un-char'i-ta-bli), adv. In an 
uncharitable manner; with'out charity. 
Uncharitably with me have you dealt. 
Shak., Rich. III., i. 3. 27B. 
uncharity (un-char'i-ti), n. Want of charity ; 
uncharitableness. 
Much uncharity in you. Webster. 
Fought with what seem'd my own uncharity. 
Tennyson, Sea Dreams. 
uncharm (uu-charm'), v. t. [< i- 2 + charm.'] 
To release from some charm, fascination, or se- 
cret power. [Rare.] 
Nor is there magic 
In the person of a king that plays the tyrant 
But a good sword can easily uncharm it. 
Shirley, Grateful Servant, iv. 2. 
uncharming (un-char'ming), a. Not charm- 
ing; no longer able to charm. [Rare.] 
Uncharming Catherine. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, iii. 209. 
uncharnel (un-ehiir'nel), v. t. [< M- 2 + char- 
nel.~\ To remove from a tomb; disinter; ex- 
hume. [Rare.] 
Whom would'st thou unchartiel ? Byron, Manfred, ii. 4. 
unchartered (un-char'terd), a. Not chartered ; 
hence, without restriction. 
Me this unchartered freedom tries. 
Wordsworth, Ode to Duty. 
unchary (un-char'i), a. Not chary; not frugal; 
not careful ; heedless. 
I have said too much unto a heart of stone, 
And laid mine honour too unchary out. 
Shak., T. N., iii. 4. 222. 
unchaste (un-chasf), a. 1. Not chaste ; not 
continent; libidinous; lewd. 
Kindled with unchaste desire. 
Shak., M. W. of W., v. 5. 100. 
2. Not marked by good taste. 
unchastely (un-chast'li), adv. In an unchaste 
manner; lewdly. 
unchastity (un-chas'ti-ti), n. The state or 
character of being unchaste; incontinence; 
lewdness; unlawful indulgence of the sexual 
appetite. 
The time will doubtless come when the man who 
lays the foundation-stone of a manufacture will be able 
to predict with assurance in what proportion the drun- 
kenness and the unchastity of his city will be increased by 
his enterprise. Lecky, European Morals, I. 116. 
unchet, n. A Middle English form of inch 1 . 
uncheckable(un-chek'a-bl), a. 1. Not capable 
of being checked or hindered ; that may not be 
stopped suddenly or forcibly. J. Peacock, Ser- 
mon on Bom. ii. 4. 2. Incapable of being 
checked or examined. 
His lordship used him in his most private and uncheck- 
able trusts. North, Life of Lord Guilford, ii. 285. (Dames. ) 
unchecked (un-chekf), a. 1. Not checked; 
not restrained; not hindered. Milton, P. L., 
viii. 189. 2f. Not contradicted. Shak., M. of 
V., iii. 1. 2. 
uncheerful (un-cher'ful), a. Not cheerful, (a) 
Sad ; gloomy ; melancholy. 
In vain I rail at Opportunity, 
At Time, at Tarquin, and uncheerful Night. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1024. 
(6) Not willing ; grudging : as, uncheerful service. 
Niggardly in her grants, and uncheerful. 
Bp. Hall, Contemplations, i. 163. 
uncheerfulness (un-eher'ful-nes), n. Want of 
cheerfulness; sadness. 
unchild (un-child' ),.*. [< n-2 + child.'] 1. 
To bereave of children ; make childless. 
In this city he 
Hath widow'd and unchilded many a one. 
Shalt., Cor., v. 6. 163. 
2. To divest of the character of a child in rela- 
tion to parents. [Rare in both uses.] 
They do justly unchttd themselves that in main elec- 
tions dispose of themselves without the consent of those 
which gave them being. 
Bp. Hall, Cont., Samson's Marriage. 
unchildisht (un-chll'dish), a. Not childish ; 
not fit or proper for children. JTebve. 
unchivalric (un-shiv'al-rik), a. Unchivalrous. 
I distrusted her, and such vague distrust seemed an un- 
chivalric disloyalty. Winthrop, Cecil Dreeme, xviii. 
Unchivalrous (un-shiv'al-rus), a. Not accord- 
ing to the rules of chivalry; wanting in chiv- 
alry or honor. 
Such a bad pupil, monsieur ! so thankless, cold-hearted, 
Unchivalrous, unforgiving. Charlotte Bronte, Villette, xxv. 
unchristent (un-kris'n), v. t. [< -2 + chriitten.'] 
1. To annul the baptism of; deprive of the rite 
