Emily Dickinson Lexicon — UN-FLOW'ER-ING

Dictionary: UN-FLOW'ER-ING – UN-FOR-GET'FUL

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Not flowering. Montgomery

Not vanquished; not defeated. Temple.

To open folds; to expand; to spread out.
To open any thing covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to disclose; to reveal; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science.
To declare; to tell; to disclose. Unfold the passion of my love. Shak.
To display; as, to unfold the works of creation.
To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep. Shak.

Opened; expanded; revealed; displayed; released from a fold.

The act of expanding, displaying or disclosing; disclosure.

Opening; expanding; disclosing; displaying; releasing from a fold.

Not followed. Scott.

To restore from folly. [Not in use.]

Not forbearing.

The state of being unforbidden. [Not in use.] Boyle.

Not forced; not compelled; not constrained. Dryden.
Not urged or impelled. Donne.
Not feigned; not hightened; natural; as, unforced passions; unforced expressions of joy.
Not violent; easy; gradual; as, an easy and unforced ascent. Denham.
Easy; natural; as, an unforced posture.

Wanting force or strength; as, an unforcible expression. Hooker.

Not fordable; that can not be forded, or passed by wading; as, an unfordable river. Whitaker.

Giving no omens. Pope.

Not previously known or foreseen. Milton.

That can not be foreseen. South. [A bad word and not in use.]

Not foreseeing. South.