单词 | unsting |
释义 | unstingv. transitive. To deprive of a sting. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.1612 |
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