unpersuadable (uas w)

[Pref. un- (1), and Eng. persuadable.] Not persuadable; incapable of being persuaded; not to be removed by persuasion. "His sister's unpersuadable melancholy."-Sidney: Arcadia , bk. i. *un-per-suād-a-ble-ne (u as w), s . [Eng. unpersuadable ; -ne .] The quality or state of being unpersuadable; resistance to persuasion. "Resentment and unpersuadable ne are not natural to you."- Richardson : Clari a , ii. 64. un-per-suad-ěd (u as w), adj. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. persuaded.] Not persuaded. "And in your mynde departed unpersuaded ."-More: Workes , p. 1,242. *ŭn-per-sua-şi-ble-ne (uasw), s. [Pref.un(1), and English persuasible ne .] The quality or state of not being open to persuasion; resistance to persuasion; unpersuadable ne . "We are children of disobedience, or unpersuasible ne ."-Leighton: Comment. upon 1 Peter ii. *ün-per-sua-şion (u as w), s. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. persuasion.] The state of being unper IMG:content-0204.png:[blocks in formation] *un-per-türbed, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. perturbed.] Not perturbed or disturbed; undisturbed. "Unperturbed by the wrongs and sorrows of mortals." Long fellow: Evangeline, i. 5. ŭn-pě-rûşed', adj . [Pref. un- (1), and English perused.] Not perused; not read through; unread. "His letters we have sent you here unperused by us." -Strype: Eccles. Mem . (an. 1553. No. 3.) *ŭn-per-vert', v . t . [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. per vert .] To reconvert; to recover from being a per un-phil-o-soph-ic, *un-phil-o-soph-ic-al, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. philosophic , philosophical .] Not philosophical; not according to the rules or principles of sound philosophy. vert. "The principles they go upon are found to be very arbitrary and unphilosophical ."-Glanvill: E ay 6. tăn-phil-o-soph-ic-al-ly, adv . [Eng. unphilo sophical; -ly .] In an unphilosophical manner. "Talking very unphilosophic ally ." - Search: Light of Nature, vol. i., pt. ii., ch. xxviii. *ŭn-phil-o-soph-ic-al-ne , s. [Eng. unphilosophical; -ne .) The quality or state of being unphilosophical, or contrary to sound philosophy. "The unphilosophical ne of this their hypothesis."Norris. *un-phil-os-o-phize, v . t . [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. philosophize .] To degrade from the character of a philosopher. "Our interests flow in upon us, and unphilosophize us into mere mortals."-Pope. (Johnson.) *ŭn-phyş-icked, a . [Pref. un- (1), and English physicked.] Not physicked; not having had physic administered. "Free limbs, unphysicked health, due appetite." Howell: Verses; Pref. to Letters. un-pick', *un-pike, v. t. [Pref. un- (2), 3., and Eng. pick, v.] *1. To pick; to open with a pointed instrument. "With his craft the dore unpiketh ."-Gower: C. A. , iv. 2. To undo by picking out the stitches of; to take to pieces. "The surplice, which, after unpicking and cutting off edgings, he had washed."- Fenn : Man with a Shadow , ch. xlvii. *un-pick-a-ble, adj . [Pref. un- (1); Eng. pick ; -able .] Incapable of being picked, or of being opened with a pointed instrument. "Their locks unpickable ." Beaum. & Flet .: The Coxcomb , ii. ŭn-picked', a. [In senses 1, 2, and 3 from pref. un (1), and Eng. picked ; in sense 4 from unpick , v.] 1. Not picked; not chosen or selected. "Shells or shrubs unpicked , unchosen."-Milton: Of Prelatical Episcopacy . 2. Not plucked or gathered; hence, not enjoyed. "Now comes in the sweetest morsel of the night, and we must hence, and leave it unpicked ."-Shakesp.: Henry IV . , Pt . II . , ii. 4. 3. Not picked or opened with an instrument, as a lock. 4. Having the stitches picked out; unstitched. "A robe half made, and half unpicked again."-W. Collins.