unsteel

American

[uhn-steel] / ʌnˈstil /

verb (used with object)

to bring out of a steeled condition; soften.

unsteel British

/ ʌnˈstiːl /

verb

(tr) to make (the heart, feelings, etc) more gentle or compassionate

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Etymology

Origin of unsteel

First recorded in 1740–50; un- ² + steel

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unsteel

Here then a sense of the supernatural combined with novelty to unsteel his heart.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade

But I must not allow it to unsteel my soul.

From The Burning Spear by John Galsworthy

Why then should this enervating pity unsteel my foolish heart?

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 by Samuel Richardson

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