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Webster 1913 Edition


Unsettle

Un-set′tle

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
settle
.]
To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.

Un-set′tle

,
Verb.
I.
To become unsettled or unfixed; to be disordered.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unsettle

UNSET'TLE

, v.t.
1.
To unfix; to move or loosen from a fixed state; to unhinge; to make uncertain or fluctuating; as, to unsettle doctrines and opinions.
2.
To move from a place.
3.
To overthrow.

UNSET'TLE

,
Verb.
T.
To become unfixed.

Definition 2024


unsettle

unsettle

English

Verb

unsettle (third-person singular simple present unsettles, present participle unsettling, simple past and past participle unsettled)

  1. To make upset or uncomfortable
    Don't unsettle the horses or they'll bolt.
    • 2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian:
      Athletic have been showing signs of fatigue domestically and they never quite seemed to reach the same pitch of intensity that had so unsettled Manchester United and Schalke 04 in earlier rounds.
  2. To bring into disorder or disarray

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