unstate

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʌnˈsteɪt/
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Etymology 1

un- +‎ state (noun)

Verb

unstate (third-person singular simple present unstates, present participle unstating, simple past and past participle unstated)

(transitive) To deprive of state or dignity.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear:
  I would unstate myself, to be in a due resolution.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene xiii]:
  High-battled Caesar will unstate his happiness.

Etymology 2

un- +‎ state (verb)

Verb

unstate (third-person singular simple present unstates, present participle unstating, simple past and past participle unstated)

(transitive) To withdraw (something previously stated); to unsay or retract.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “unstate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

attunes, nutates, tautens, tetanus, untaste

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