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unsteeling

unsteeling is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about unsteeling

What is unsteeling the present participle and gerund of?
Unsteeling is the present participle and gerund of unsteel.

Words near unsteeling in the dictionary

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

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