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unsinew

unsinew verb: to deprive of sinews or strength.

Verb

unsinew (third-person singular simple present unsinews, present participle unsinewing, simple past and past participle unsinewed)

  1. (archaic, figuratively, transitive, usually) To deprive of sinews or strength.
    • Th' unsinew'd poem languishes and dies1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry

Forms of unsinew

third-person singular presentunsinews
present participleunsinewing
past participleunsinewed
pastunsinewed

Origin of unsinew

From un- + sinew.

Questions about unsinew

What does unsinew mean?
Unsinew means to deprive of sinews or strength.
What part of speech is unsinew?
Unsinew is a verb.
What is the past tense of unsinew?
The past tense of unsinew is unsinewed.

Words near unsinew in the dictionary

  1. unsimultaneous
  2. unsin
  3. unsincere
  4. unsincerely
  5. unsincerity
  6. unsinew
  7. unsinewed
  8. unsinewing
  9. unsinews
  10. unsinewy
  11. unsinful

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