unstonev.
1. transitive. To convert from a stony state.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > make (more) sensitive or tender [verb (transitive)] > specifically of the heart
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tender1390
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asoftc1430
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dulce1558
entender1591
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moisten?a1661
1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ii. 90 But let his hand that hardest harts gently Doth pierce, them both vnstone and mollifie.
1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. 177 This fained sorrow drew from many a freake True teares, and harts vnstoand most hardened.
2. To castrate.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] > castrate or spay > castrate
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delumbate1609
enervate1610
unstone1611
gliba1616
evirate1621
emasculate1623
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eunuchize1634
eunuchate1646
caponize1654
unpollux1654
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unman1657
dismember1697
saturnized1846
nut1916
knacker1936
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Escouiller, to geld, lib, vnstone, cut away the stones of.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxi. 255 He had unstoned Friar Caulderiel.
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