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单词 unhouse
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unhousev.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈhaʊz/, U.S. /ˌənˈhaʊz/
Etymology: un- prefix2 1c. Compare Middle Dutch onthusen, West Flemish onthuizen, Middle High German enthûsen.
a. transitive. To turn out of a house, habitation, or abode; to make houseless or homeless.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession > from a house or dwelling
unhousec1390
harryc1550
desolate1593
dishousec1595
uncastle1611
untenant1614
uncamp1670
dishome1882
rout1950
c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 455 Þei come bi tholomers tentes vn-housed hem sone, Token holliche his stor.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 442 So one People doth pursue another; And scarce the second hath a first vn-housed, Before a third him thence againe haue rowsed.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vii. i. 85 Thirsil up starting from his fearlesse bed,..Unhous'd his bleating flock.
1643 J. Angier Lancashires Valley of Achor 8 If they peeped out of the houses, they were unhoused.
1759 S. Fielding Hist. Countess of Dellwyn II. 147 He was at once unwived, unhoused, and undone.
1795 H. Macneill Scotland's Skaith iii. vi What a change, un~housed and beggared, Starving.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 72 Unhous'd from beds of ling The fluskering pheasant took to wing.
1885 Manch. Examiner 13 July 5/5 Only 150 persons will be for the present unhoused.
reflexive.1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 38 When he vn-houseth him, or hath cast off his shel, he..lookes as red as a Fox.1606 J. Reynolds Dolarnys Primerose sig. I4 The drowsie vapours, takes their sable flyghts, And bright Aurora, doth her selfe vnhouse.1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters xiii We had very nearly unhoused ourselves ere our work was finished.
b. figurative or in figurative context.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > release or free from a covering (the soul, etc.)
unclothec1384
unhouse1594
unhood1648
1594 S. Daniel Trag. Cleopatra (Bang) 1323 I must myselfe force open wide a dore To let out life, and to vnhouse my spirit.
1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant iii, in Poems (new ed.) 18 He..all unwares with his cold-kind embrace Unhous'd thy Virgin Soul from her fair biding place.
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 122 He that hath God for his house..can never be unhoused.
1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions v. 44 Souls which have been encas'd in Flesh, but being unhous'd are now moving about.
1814 Sulieman ii. iii, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 26 But for wine..This shatter'd shell of body had unhous'd Long since my soul.

Derivatives

In modern use also attributive, as unhousing scheme.
unˈhousing n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out > specific people from a place, position, or possession > from a house
unharbouring1591
unhousing1809
1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 72 Unhousing, Wharfage and Shipping, £2 2s. 1d.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Sept. 6/1 This scheme..will take five years to complete, so that the unhousing will be gradual.
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