unsinewv.

Etymology: un- prefix² 1d(b), 1bPrevious versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsinew.

a. transitive. To weaken the sinews of; to render weak or feeble; to enervate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > make weak

fellOE

wastec1230

faintc1386

endull1395

resolvea1398

afaintc1400

defeat?c1400

dissolvec1400

weakc1400

craze1476

feeblish1477

debilite1483

overfeeble1495

plucka1529

to bring low1530

debilitate1541

acraze1549

decaya1554

infirma1555

weaken1569

effeeble1571

enervate1572

enfeeble1576

slay1578

to pull downa1586

prosternate1593

shake1594

to lay along1598

unsinew1598

languefy1607

enerve1613

pulla1616

dispirit1647

imbecilitate1647

unstring1700

to run down1733

sap1755

reduce1767

prostrate1780

shatter1785

undermine1812

imbecile1829

disinvigorate1844

devitalize1849

wreck1850

atrophy1865

crumple1892

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sneruare, to vnsinew, to weaken ones bodie.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xv. 255 It is not so much the climate, as bad and unwholesome diet,..which unsineweth those Northern nations when they come into the South.

1645 G. Wither Vox Pacifica 119 This imprudencie will..Your bones unsinnew, and your joynts untie.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires vi. 80 Now Toys and Trifles from their Athens come: And Dates and Pepper have unsinnew'd Rome.

1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 781 Death unsinews the hand that held her against the world.

b. figurative. To weaken, enfeeble.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > weaken (something immaterial)

to thin off, downc900

feeblea1340

allayc1450

debilite1483

mollify1496

weak1502

geld?1507

water1529

appale?1530

labefact?1539

debilitate1541

mortify1553

effeeble1571

dilutea1575

soften1576

unsinew1599

melt1600

infringe1604

weaken1609

unbenda1616

dissinew1640

slacken1663

thin1670

resolve1715

imbecilitate1809

imbecile1829

to let down1832

to water down1832

1599 S. Daniel Musophilus in Wks. (1602) B iiij b This skill..Vnsinewes all your powres, vnmans you quite.

1609 G. Benson Serm. 7 May 57 The want of this knowledge vnsinewes the powers of a man.

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. f1 The affected purity of the French, has unsinew'd their Heroick Verse.

1744 M. Akenside Epist. to Curio 160 What spells unsinew'd thy determin'd soul?

1866 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lost Tales Miletus, Secret Way 16 The hold Of a strong phantasy, which, night and day,..unsinews life.

2. (See quot. 1753.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > cut > animal

unsinew1753

bootlace1955

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Sinew To unsinew a horse,..is to cut the two tendons on the side of the head, about five inches under the eyes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	unsinew
释义	unsinewv. Etymology: un- prefix² 1d(b), 1bPrevious versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsinew. 1. a. transitive. To weaken the sinews of; to render weak or feeble; to enervate. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > make weak fellOE wastec1230 faintc1386 endull1395 resolvea1398 afaintc1400 defeat?c1400 dissolvec1400 weakc1400 craze1476 feeblish1477 debilite1483 overfeeble1495 plucka1529 to bring low1530 debilitate1541 acraze1549 decaya1554 infirma1555 weaken1569 effeeble1571 enervate1572 enfeeble1576 slay1578 to pull downa1586 prosternate1593 shake1594 to lay along1598 unsinew1598 languefy1607 enerve1613 pulla1616 dispirit1647 imbecilitate1647 unstring1700 to run down1733 sap1755 reduce1767 prostrate1780 shatter1785 undermine1812 imbecile1829 disinvigorate1844 devitalize1849 wreck1850 atrophy1865 crumple1892 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sneruare, to vnsinew, to weaken ones bodie. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xv. 255 It is not so much the climate, as bad and unwholesome diet,..which unsineweth those Northern nations when they come into the South. 1645 G. Wither Vox Pacifica 119 This imprudencie will..Your bones unsinnew, and your joynts untie. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires vi. 80 Now Toys and Trifles from their Athens come: And Dates and Pepper have unsinnew'd Rome. 1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 781 Death unsinews the hand that held her against the world. b. figurative. To weaken, enfeeble. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > weaken (something immaterial) to thin off, downc900 feeblea1340 allayc1450 debilite1483 mollify1496 weak1502 geld?1507 water1529 appale?1530 labefact?1539 debilitate1541 mortify1553 effeeble1571 dilutea1575 soften1576 unsinew1599 melt1600 infringe1604 weaken1609 unbenda1616 dissinew1640 slacken1663 thin1670 resolve1715 imbecilitate1809 imbecile1829 to let down1832 to water down1832 1599 S. Daniel Musophilus in Wks. (1602) B iiij b This skill..Vnsinewes all your powres, vnmans you quite. 1609 G. Benson Serm. 7 May 57 The want of this knowledge vnsinewes the powers of a man. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. f1 The affected purity of the French, has unsinew'd their Heroick Verse. 1744 M. Akenside Epist. to Curio 160 What spells unsinew'd thy determin'd soul? 1866 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lost Tales Miletus, Secret Way 16 The hold Of a strong phantasy, which, night and day,..unsinews life. 2. (See quot. 1753.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > cut > animal unsinew1753 bootlace1955 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Sinew To unsinew a horse,..is to cut the two tendons on the side of the head, about five inches under the eyes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1598
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