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单词 unsting
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unstingv.

Etymology: un- prefix2 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsting.
transitive. To deprive of a sting.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > lessen severe effect of
rebate1579
infringe1604
unvenom1611
unsting1612
blunt1732
sheathe1820
buffer1894
1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice in Wks. (Grosart) II. 79/1 God unstings such angry Waspes and Bees.
1656 J. Trapp Comm. 1 Cor. xv. 56 Christ having unstinged death, and as it were disarmed it.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 639 He has disarmed his Afflictions, unstung his Miseries.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. ii. 58 For temporal death, altho' unstinged, remained.
1850 R. Simpson Mem. Worth vi. 83 [Death] was unstinged when it encountered him.

Derivatives

(Cf. unstung adj.2)
unˈstinged adj.
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the world > life > death > [adjective] > sting of death removed
unstung1669
unstinged1782
1782 J. Brown Compend. View Nat. & Revealed Relig. iii. ii An unstinged and sweetened death.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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