untangle 
If Leonora's innocent, she may mttnayle all. 
Vanbrutjh, Love Disarmed. 
untappicet (un-tap'is), r. [< o-2 + tappicc, 
tappfm.'] I. intraiis. To come out of eouceal- 
ment. 
Now I'll untappice. 
Fletcher and Massinger, A Very Woman, iii. 5. 
II. trans. To drive out of concealment, as 
game. 
untarnished (un-tar'nisht), a. Not soiled; not 
tarnished; not stained; unblemished: as, un- 
tarnished silk; an untarnished reputation. 
untastet (un-tast'), v. t. To take away a taste 
from; cause to feel disgust or distaste for. 
Could not by all means might be dovis'd 
Untaste them of this great disgust. 
Daniel, Civil Wars, viii. 
untasted (un-tas'ted), a. Not tasted; not tried 
by the taste or tongue ; hence, not experienced 
or enjoyed. 
untaught (un-taf), . [< ME. untaught, un- 
taght; < un- 1 + taught^.] Not taught, (a) Not 
instructed ; not educated ; unlettered ; illiterate. 
Better unfedde then vn-taughte. 
Babeee Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 348. 
(6) Unskilled ; not having use or practice. 
Suffolk's imperial tongue is stern and rough, 
. . . untaught to plead for favour. 
Shale., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 1. 122. 
(c) Not made the subject of teaching or instruction ; not 
communicated by teaching. 
With untaught Joy Pharaoh the News does hear, 
And little thinks their Fate attends on him, and his so 
near. Cowley, Pindaric Odes, xiv. 12. 
(d) Not having learned by experience ; ignorant. 
Insatiate to pursue 
Vain war with heaven ; and, by success untaught, 
His proud imaginations thus displayed. 
Milton, P. L.,ii. 9. 
Untaught that soon such anguish must ensue. 
Wordsworth, Female Vagrant. 
untax (un-taks'), . t. To remove a tax from. 
Untax the clothing of sixty million people. 
Report of Sec. of Treasury, 188U, I. Ivii. 
untaxed(un-takst'),. Not taxed. (o)Not charged 
with or liable to pay taxes. T. Warton. (b) Not charged 
with any fault, offense, etc. ; not accused. 
Common speech, which leaves no virtue untaxed. 
Bacon, Learning, i. 
unteach (un-tech'), r. t. 1. To cause to forget, 
disbelieve, or give up what has been taught. 
If they chanc't to be taught any thing good, or of their 
own accord had learn't it, they might see that presently 
untaught them by the custome and ill example of their 
elders. Milton, Apology for Smectymmms. 
2. To make forgotten ; make to cease from be- 
ing acquired by instruction. 
But we, by art, unteach what nature taught. 
Dryden, Indian Emperour, i. 1. 
unteachable (un-te'cha-bl), . Not teachable 
or docile ; indocile. Milton, Tetrachordon. 
unteachableness (un-te'cha-bl-nes), n. The 
character or state of being unteachable ; ab- 
sence of docility. 
unteam (un-tem'), v. t. To unyoke a team 
from ; take a team, as of horses or oxen, from. 
Justice and authority laid by the rods and axes as soon 
as the sun unteained his chariot. 
Jer. Taylor (ed. 1835), Works, I. 212. 
untell (un-tel'), r. t. To recall, as what has 
been told ; make as if not told or enumerated. 
That time could turne up his swift sandy glasse 
To untell the dayes, and to redeeme these hours. 
Heywood, Woman Killed with Kindness. 
untemper (un-tem'per), v. t. To remove the 
temper from, as metal ; hence, to soften ; mol- 
lify. 
I dare not swear thou lovest me ; yet my blood begins 
to natter me that thou dost, notwithstanding the poor 
and untempering effect of my visage. 
Shale., Hen. V., v. 2. 241. 
The study of sciences does more soften and untemper 
the courages of men than any way fortifle and incite 
them. Cotton, tr. of Montaigne's Essays, xix. (Dames.) 
untemperatet (un-tem'per-at), a. Intemper- 
ate. Timeif Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 58. 
untemperatelyt (un-tem'per-at-li), adv. In- 
temperately. 
untempered (un-tem*perd), a. Not tempered. 
(a) Not duly mixed for use : as, untempered lime. 
So it was not long that this vntempered mortar would 
hold together these buildings. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 273. 
(b) Not brought to the desired state of hardness : as, un- 
tempered steel, (c) Not brought to a fit or proper state 
generally ; not regulated, moderated, or controlled ; not 
mollified : as, untempered severity. Johnson, Life of 
Waller. 
The untempered spirit of madness. 
Burke, Appeal from Old to New Whigs. 
6650 
untemptert (un-temp'ter), n. [ME., < tin- 1 + 
tempter.] One who does not tempt. 
Sothely God is unlempter of euyl thingis. 
Wyclif, Jas. i. 13. 
untemptible (un-tempt'i-bl), a. Not capable 
of being tempted. 
Absolute purity is untemptible, as in God. 
Buxhnell, Sermons for Now Life, xiv. 
untemptibly (un-tempt'i-bli), adv. So as not 
to be tempted. Buslmell. 
untenability (un-ten-a-bil'i-ti), H. The quality 
or state of being untenable ; indefensibleness. 
untenable (un-ten'a-bl), a. 1. Not tenable; 
that cannot be held in possession : as, an un- 
tenable post or tort. Clarendon. 2. That can- 
not be maintained by argument ; not defensi- 
ble: as, an untenable doctrine. 
All others give up such false opinions as untenable. 
Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 1. 
untenableness (uu-ten'a-bl-nes), . The char- 
acter or state of being untenable ; untenability. 
untenant (un-ten'ant), v. t. [< un-% + tenant 1 ."] 
To deprive of a tenant or tenants; expel or re- 
move a dweller from ; evict ; dislodge. 
He gets possession of their affections, whence all the 
power of man cannot untenant him. 
Rev. T. Adam-!, Works, I. 202. (Dames.) 
untenantable (un-ten'an-ta-bl), a. Not fit to 
be tenanted or occupied as a dwelling ; unin- 
habitable. 
Frozen and .untenantable regions. Whewell. 
untenanted (uu-ten'an-ted), a. Not occupied 
by a tenant ; not inhabited. Sir W. Temple. 
uritender (un-ten'der), a. 1. Not tender; not 
soft. 2. Wanting sensibility or affection. 
Lear. So young, and so untcnder ? 
Cor. So young, my lord, and true. 
Shalt., King Lear, i. 1. 108. 
untendered (un-ten'derd), a. Not tendered; 
not offered : as, untendered money or tribute. 
Shak., Cymbeline, iii. 1. 10. 
untenderly (un-ten'der-li), adv. In an unten- 
der manner; without affection, 
untent (un-tenf), v. t. [< ?tti-2 + tenfl.'] To 
bring out of a tent. [Rare.] 
Why will he not upon our fair request 
Untent his person, and share the air with us? 
Shak., T. and C., ii. 3. 178. 
untented (un-ten'ted), . 1. Not inclosed in 
or provided with a tent or tents : as, an un- 
tented army. 2. Having no tents erected upon 
it: as, an untented field. 3. Not having a med- 
ical tent applied ; hence, not having the pain 
lessened. [Rare.] 
The untented woundings of a father's curse 
Pierce every sense about thee ! 
Shak., Lear, i. 4. 322. 
untenty (un-ten'ti), a. Incautious; careless. 
Scott. [Scotch.] 
unterminated (un-ter'mi-na-ted), a. Without 
end; having no termination. 
Any unterminated straight line extending in the same 
direction as this last one which intersects one of the two 
f ormer, shall also intersect the other. Nature, XLIII. 554. 
untetchet, n. [ME., < un- + tetche, tache.] An 
evil habit; a disgraceful act. 
Seththe forsothe til this time non vn-tetche he ne wrougt, 
But hath him bore so buxumly that ich burn him preyseth. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 609. 
untether (un-teTH'er), v. t. [< M-2 + tether.] 
To release from a tether; set free, as an ani- 
mal confined to a certain range by a rope or 
chain. Atlienasiim, No. 3277, p. 226. 
unthank't (un-thangk'), n. [< ME. un thank, 
unthonk, unthonc, < AS. unthanc (= OHGr. un- 
done, undanch, MHG. Gr. undatik), ingratitude, 
< un-, not, + thane, thank, gratitude : see MM- 1 
and thank.'] 1. No thanks; ingratitude; ill will. 
Thus shal Ich have unthonke on every syde. 
Chaucer, Troilus, v. 699. 
2. Harm; injury; misfortune. 
Unthank come on his hand that boond liym so. 
Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, 1. 162. 
unthank 2 t (un-thangk'), r. t. [< n-2 + thank.] 
To recant or recall, as one's thanks ; unsay, as 
what has been said by way of acknowledgment. 
Duke. We are not pleas d she should depart. 
Seb. Then I'll unthank your goodness. 
Shirley, Love's Cruelty, iii. 3. 
unthanked (un-thangkf), a. 1. Not thanked; 
not repaid with acknowledgments. 2. Not re- 
ceived with thankfulness. [Rare.] 
Unwelcome freedom, and unthanked reprieve. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., i. 3S7. 
unthankest. [ME., also untlionkes, gen. of un- 
thank, used ad verbially with the possessive pro- 
nouns, ' not of his, her, their, my, thy, your, our 
unthread 
accord' : see unthank, and cf. tliaiikes.] A form 
used only in the phrases his, thy, etc., mitltankes, 
not of his, thy, etc., accord; involuntarily, 
unthankful (un-thangk'ful), a. 1. Not thank- 
ful ; ungrateful ; not making acknowledgments 
for good received. Luke vi. 35. 2. Not repaid 
with thanks ; unacceptable. 
One of the most unthankful offices in the world. 
Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 8. 
3. Giving no return ; unproductive. 
The husbandman ought not, for one unthankful year, to 
forsake (he plough. B. Jontton, Bartholomew Fair, iii. 1. 
unthankfully (un-thangk'fiil-i), ath: In an 
unthankful or ungrateful manner; without 
thanks; ungratefully. Boyle. 
unthankfulness (un-thangk'ful-nes), . Un- 
gratefulness; want of a sense of kindness or 
benefits; ingratitude. 
Immoderate favours breed first unthankfulness, and 
afterward hate. Sir J. Hayu'ard. 
unthink (un-thingk' ),v.t. [< n-2 4- think.] To 
retract in thought; remove from the mind or 
thought; think differently about. 
To unthink your speaking, 
And to say so no more. 
Shak., lien. VIII., ii. 4. 104. 
That the same thing is not thought and unthought, re- 
solved and unresolved, a thousand times in a day. 
J. Howe, Works, I. 71. 
unthinkability (un-thing-ka-bil'i-ti), . [< un- 
thinkable + -ity(see-bility).] Tne character of 
being unthinkable. 
But genuine determinism occupies a totally different 
ground; not the impotence but the unthinkability of free- 
will is what it affirm?. 
W. James, Prin. of Psychol., II. 574. 
unthinkable ( uu-thing'ka-bl), a. That cannot 
be made an object of thought; that cannot be 
thought; incogitable. 
What is contradictory is unthinkable. 
Sir W. Hamilton, Lectures on Metaph. and Logic, III. v. 
unthinker (un-thing'ker), 11. One who does 
not think, or who is not given to thinking; a 
thoughtless person. [Rare.] 
Thinkers and unthinkers by the million are spontane- 
ously at their post, doing what is in them. 
Carlyle, French Rev., I. iv. 1. (Daviei.) 
unthinking (un-thing'king), o. 1. Not think- 
ing ; heedless ; without thought or care ; 
thoughtless; inconsiderate: as, unthinking 
youth. 
It is not so easy a thing to be a brave man as the un- 
thinking part of mankind imagine. 
Steele, Spectator, No. 350. 
2. Not indicating thought or reflection ; 
thoughtless. 
She has such a pretty unthinking Air, while she saun- 
ters round a Room, and prattles Sentences. 
Steele, Tender Husband, i. 1. 
unthinkingly (un-thing'king-li), adv. In an un- 
thinking manner ; without reflection ; thought- 
lessly. Pope. 
unthinkingness (un-thing'king-nes), w. The 
character of being unthinking or thoughtless. 
This kind of indifference or unthinkingness. 
Lord Halifax. 
unthorny (un-thor'ni), a. Not thorny; free 
from thorns. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., i. 5. 
unthought (un-thof), a. Not thought; not 
imagined or conceived ; not considered: often 
followed by of, formerly by on. 
The unthcught-on accident is guilty. 
Shak., W. T., iv. 4. 549. 
This secure chapelry, 
That had been offered to his doubtful choice 
By an unthought-of patron. 
Wordsworth, Excursion, vii. 
To hold one unthought longt, to hold one's attention 
so as to keep one from wearying. 
And I will go to jail-house door, 
And hold the prisoner unthought lang. 
tiillie Archie (Child's Ballads, VI. 95). 
And ay as he harpit to the king, 
To hand him unthought lano. 
(JknKndie (Child's Ballads, II. 8). 
unthoughtfulness (un-thot'ful-nes), . The 
state orcharaeterof beingthoughtless; thought- 
lessness. 
A constant sellable serenity and unthoughtfulness in 
outward accidents. lip. Fell, Hnmmuml, 2. 
unthread (un-thred'), v. t. 1. To draw or take 
out a thread from: as, to unthread a needle. 
2. To relax the ligaments of; loosen. [Rare.] 
He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints, 
And crumble all thy sinews. Hilton, Comus, 1. 614. 
3. To find one's way through. 
They soon unthreaded the labyrinth of rocks. 
t Quinccy, Spanish Nun, 16, 
