unstate

American  

[uhn-steyt] / ʌnˈsteɪt /

verb (used with object)

unstated, unstating

1. Archaic.  to deprive (a person) of office or rank.

2. Obsolete.  to deprive (a nation, government, etc.) of its character or dignity as a state.

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Etymology

Origin of unstate

First recorded in 1580–90; un- ² + state

Example Sentences

Yes, like enough, high-battled Cæsar will Unstate his greatness, and be staged to the show Against a sworder!

From Project Gutenberg

Unstate, un-stāt′, v.t. to deprive of state or dignity.

From Project Gutenberg

If they object to passages where, to exaggerate a little, the sense has rather to be discerned beyond the words than found in them, and if they do not wholly enjoy the movement of so typical a speech as this, Yes, like enough, high-battled Caesar will Unstate his happiness, and be staged to the show, Against a sworder!

From Project Gutenberg

I take the meaning to be rather this, Do you frame the business, who can act with less emotion; I would unstate myself; it would in me be a departure from the paternal character, to be in a due resolution, to be settled and composed on such an occasion.

From Project Gutenberg

Enobarbus, too, sneers at Antony's proposed duel:   "Yes, like enough, high-battled Caesar will   Unstate his happiness, and be staged to the show   Against a sworder."

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