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unhearted

unhearted is the simple past and past participle of unheart.

Meaning of unheart

Verb

unheart (third-person singular simple present unhearts, present participle unhearting, simple past and past participle unhearted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to lose heart; to dishearten.
    • I think he'll hear me. Yet to bite his lip / And hum at good Cominius much unhearts me.c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, act 5, scene 1

Adjective

unhearted (not comparable)

  1. Having had the heart, or central portion, removed.
    • Formerly, during the winter months, unhearted French lettuces or "butterflies," grown under portable glass and consisting of only a few leaves, were marketed extensively in counts of 4 to 6 dozen.1935, Economic Series, number 25, page 79

Origin of unhearted

From un- + hearted.

Questions about unhearted

What does unhearted mean?
Unhearted means having had the heart, or central portion, removed.
What is unhearted the simple past and past participle of?
Unhearted is the simple past and past participle of unheart.
What part of speech is unhearted?
Unhearted is an adjective.

Words near unhearted in the dictionary

  1. unhearing
  2. unhearingly
  3. unhears
  4. unhearse
  5. unheart
  6. unhearted
  7. unheartened
  8. unheartening
  9. unheartfelt
  10. unheartily
  11. unhearting

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