"unseel" meaning in English

See unseel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʌnˈsiːl/ Forms: unseels [present, singular, third-person], unseeling [participle, present], unseeled [participle, past], unseeled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English unsele, from Old English unsǣle, from Proto-Germanic *unsēliz, from *un- + *sēliz, equivalent to un- + seel. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unsele}} Middle English unsele, {{inh|en|ang|unsǣle}} Old English unsǣle, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*unsēliz}} Proto-Germanic *unsēliz, {{prefix|en|un|seel}} un- + seel Head templates: {{en-verb}} unseel (third-person singular simple present unseels, present participle unseeling, simple past and past participle unseeled)
  1. (obsolete) To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-unseel-en-verb-J5jO82Sh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 57 43
  2. (obsolete, by extension) To give light to; to enlighten. Tags: broadly, obsolete
    Sense id: en-unseel-en-verb-cetpcz4b

Inflected forms

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