单词 | unstate |
释义 | unstatev. 1. transitive. To deprive of state, rank, or estate. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > divesting of rank or title > divesting of rank, title, or character [verb (transitive)] unstatec1595 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxxix. 107 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 134 Takes he his weapon? thou the edge rebatest... Would march with kingly pomp? thou him vnstatest. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 99 I would vnstate my selfe to be in a due resolution. View more context for this quotation 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 490/2 [They] proceeded to vnstate him of that goodliest portion of France. 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 572 The Romane Pope hath a direct power to depose and vnstate them [sc. kings]. 1878 J. Todhunter Alcestis 30 Alack! the best of us May Zeus unstate. 2. To deprive of the character of a state. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > make into state [verb (transitive)] > deprive of character of state unstate1647 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 22 States are unstated, Rulers growne Over-rulers..Churches decayed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.c1595 |
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