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unˈtongue, v.
[un-2 4. Cf. older Du. onttongen.]
trans. To deprive of (the use of) the tongue; to render speechless.
1598Florio, Dislinguare, to vntoong. c1600Chalkhill Thealma & Cl. 3136 Speak he could not,..they had him quite untongued. 1628Feltham Resolves ii. lix. 170 It hath vntongued some on the sudden; and from some hath snatcht their naturall abilities. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. xi. 218 Such..condemn him in keeping such a Diary about him in so dangerous days. Especially he ought to untongue it from talking to his prejudice. |