untonguev.
transitive. To deprive of (the use of) the tongue; to render speechless.
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the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking
to stop a person's mouthc1175
stilla1225
to keep ina1420
stifle1496
to knit up1530
to muzzle (up) the mouth1531
choke1533
muzzle?1542
to tie a person's tongue1544
tongue-tiea1555
silence1592
untongue1598
to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605
to bite in1608
gaga1616
to swear downa1616
to laugh down1616
stifle1621
to cry down1623
unworda1627
clamour1646
splint1648
to take down1656
snap1677
stick1708
shut1809
to shut up1814
to cough down1823
to scrape down1855
to howl down1872
extinguish1878
hold1901
shout1924
to pipe down1926
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Dislinguare, to vntoong.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lix. sig. S5v It hath vntongued some on the sudden; and from some hath snatcht their naturall abilities.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. xi. 218 Such..condemn him in keeping such a Diary about him in so dangerous days. Especially he ought to untongue it from talking to his prejudice.
1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 3136 Speak he could not,..they had him quite untongued.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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