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unsteeled

unsteeled is the simple past and past participle of unsteel.

Meaning of unsteel

Verb

unsteel (third-person singular simple present unsteels, present participle unsteeling, simple past and past participle unsteeled)

  1. (transitive) To disarm; to soften.
    • Thou hast his conqu’ring Sword unsteel’d,
      His Valour turn’d to shameful Flight.1696, Nahum Tate, Nicholas Brady, A New Version of the Psalms of David, London: The Company of Stationers, Psalm 89, Part 2, v. 43, p. 185

Adjective

unsteeled (not comparable)

  1. Not having been steeled.
    • Whenever this portent occurs, my steward telegraphs to me, that I, as head of the family, be not unsteeled against the shock of a bereavement […]1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter 5, in Zuleika Dobson, London: Heinemann, published 1922, page 60

Origin of unsteeled

From unsteel + -ed.

From un- + steeled.

Questions about unsteeled

What does unsteeled mean?
Unsteeled means not having been steeled.
What is unsteeled the simple past and past participle of?
Unsteeled is the simple past and past participle of unsteel.
What part of speech is unsteeled?
Unsteeled is an adjective.

Words near unsteeled in the dictionary

  1. unsteamed
  2. unsteaming
  3. unsteamy
  4. unsteckered
  5. unsteel
  6. unsteeled
  7. unsteeling
  8. unsteels
  9. unsteely
  10. unsteep
  11. unsteeped

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