Emily Dickinson Lexicon

UN-BEND', v.t.

1. To free from flexure; to make straight; as to unbend a bow. Dryden.
2. To relax; to remit from a strain or from exertion; set a ease for a time; as, to unbend the mind from study or care. Denham.
3. To relax effeminately. You unbend your noble strength. Shak.
4. In seamanship, to take the sails from their yards and stays; also to cast loose a cable from the anchors; also, to untie one rope from another. Mar. Dict.

UN-BEND'ING, ppr.

1. Relaxing from any strain; remitting; taking from their yards, &c., as sails.
2. a. Not suffering flexure.
3. Unyielding; resolute; inflexible; applied to persons.
4. Unyielding; inflexible; firm; applied to things; as, unbending truths. J. M. Mason.
5. Devoted to relaxation. I hope it may entertain your lordship at an unbending hour. Rowe.

UN-BEND'ING-LY, adv.

Without bending; obstinately.

UN-BEN'E-FIC-ED, a.

Not enjoying or baring a benefice. Dryden.

UN-BEN-E-FI'CIAL, a.

Not beneficial.

UN-BEN'E-FIT-ED, a.

Not having received benefit.

UN-BE-NEV'O-LENT, a.

Not benevolent; not kind. Rogers.

UN-BE-NEV'O-LENT-LY, adv.

In an unbenevolent manner.

UN-BE-NIGHT-ED, a.

Never visited by darkness. Milton.

UN-BE-NIGN, a.

Not benign; not favorable or propitious; malignant. Milton.

UN-BENT', pp. [of Unbend.]

1. Relaxed; remitted; relieved from strain or exertion. Denham.
2. In seamen's language, taken from the yards; loosed; as, the sails are unbent; the cable is unbent.
3. Not strained; unstrung; as, a bow unbent.
4. Not crushed; not subdued; as, the soul is unbent by woes.

UN-BE-QUEATH-ED, a.

Not bequeathed; not given by legacy.

UN-BE-SEEM-ING, a.

Unbecoming; not befitting; unsuitable.

UN-BE-SEEM-ING-LY, adv.

In an unbecoming manner.

UN-BE-SEEM-ING-NESS, n.

State of being unbeseeming.

UN-BE-SOUGHT, a. unbesaut'.

Not besought; not sought by petition or entreaty. Milton.

UN-BE-SPOK-EN, a.

Not bespoken, or ordered beforehand.

UN-BE-STAR-RED, a.

Not adorned or distinguished by stars. Pollok.

UN-BE-STOW-ED, a.

Not bestowed; not given; not disposed of.

UN-BE-TRAY-ED, a.

Not betrayed. Daniel.

UN-BE-WAIL-ED, a.

Not bewailed; not lamented. Shak.

UN-BE-WITCH', v.t.

To free from fascination. South.

UN-BI'AS, v.t.

To free from bias or prejudice. The truest service a private man can do his country, is to unbias his mind, as much as possible, between the rival powers. Swift

UN-BI'AS-ED, pp.

1. Freed from prejudice or bias.
2. a. Free from any undue partiality or prejudice; impartial; as, an unbiased mind; unbiased opinion or decision.

UN-BI'AS-ED-LY, adv.

Without prejudice; impartially.