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[Pref. un- (1), and Eng. acceptable.] Not acceptable: not welcome; not pleasing. "By force impo ible, by leave obtained Unacceptable ." Milton: P. L. , ii. 251. un-ăc-çěpt-a-ble-ne , s . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. acceptablene .] The quality or state of being unacceptable or unwelcome; unacceptability. "This alteration arises from the unacceptable ne of the subject I am upon."-Collier: On Pride. un-ăc-çě -i-ble, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. acce ible.] Not acce ible; inacce ible. "It shall be found unacce ible for any enemie." Hackluyt : Voyages , iii. 661. un-ăc-çě -I-ble-ne , s . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. acce iblene .] The quality or state of being inacce ible; in acce iblene . p. 18. "Unacce iblene to them." -Hale: Orig. of Mankind, *un-ac-com-mo-dat-ěd, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng.accommodated .] 1. Not accommodated; not fitted or adapted. 2. Not furnished or supplied with nece ary conveniences or appliances. "Unaccommodated man is no more than such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art."-Shakesp.: Lear, iii. 4. un-ac-com-mo-dat-ing, a. [Pref. un- (1), and (q. v.).] A. As adv.: Formerly, ci-devant, late; at a former period; whilom. "Sir Isaac Newton, Knight, and umwhile master of his majesty's mint."-Scott: Guy Manner ing, ch. iii. B. As adj .: Whilom, ci-devant, late, formerly. ( Scotch .) "The estate, which devolved on this unhappy woman by a settlement of her umwhile husband."- Scott : WaverJey, ch. x. un- (1), pref . [A. S. an; cogn. with Dut. on; Icel. ú- or 6- (forun-); Dan. ut ; Sw.o-; Goth. un-; Ger. un; Wel. an-; Lat. in Gr. an- , a- ; Zend. ana- ; Sansc. an ; Pers. ná , all prefixes denoting negation; cf. Lat. ne- =not; Gr.ne; Goth. ni-=not; Lith. ne -no; Ru . ne-; Gael. neo- , negative prefixes.] A prefix denoting negation, used chiefly before adjectives, past participles pa ive, present participles used adjectively, and when so used meaning simply not; as, unfair, untrue, untold unforgiving, . From such words adverbs and nouns are formed; as, unfairly, unfairne , untruly, unforgivingly, unforgivingne , . Un -is also pre fixed to some nouns to expre the opposite or absence of what the noun expre es; as, untruth, unrest, undre , . Before many words of Latin origin un- , in the sense of simple negation, becomes in- (q. v.); as, uncomplete and incomplete. Negation is also expre ed by non or dis- ; as, nonelastic, disreputable, . un- (2), pref . [A. S. un- , only used as a prefix in verbs, as in undón to undo, unbind an=to unbind, .; cogn. with Dut. ont- , as in ont -laden=to unload, from laden =to load; Ger.ent, as in ent -laden=to unload; O. H. Ger. ant- , as in ant - lúhhan=to un lock; Goth. and- , as in and -bind an to unbind. It is the same prefix as that which appears as an- in Eng. answer, and as and- in A. S. ands war i an; and it is cognate with Gr. anti =in opposition to.] 1. A prefix used with verbs to imply the reversal of the meaning of the simple verb by a positive act not a simple negation of its meaning. Thus unbind means a positive undoing and removal of the binding which the simple verb affirmed to be fixed. 2. Prefixed to nouns it changes them into verbs, implying privation of the object expre ed by the noun or of the qualities connoted by it; as, unman, unsex to deprive of the qualities of a man, sex, . In this sense sometimes called un -privative. 3. More rarely it is almost superfluous, or at most adds intensity to the meaning of the simple verb. Thus to loosen and to unloosen do not differ much in meaning, though perhaps unloosen is, to a slight extent, the more forcible word. 4. It is found in a few verbs, chiefly obsolete, with the force of retraction or revocation; as, unsay=to IMG:content-1657.png:[blocks in formation] "What can be imputed but their sloth or unability ?”Milton: Areopagitica . ŭn-ā-ble, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. able (q. v.).] 1. Not able; not having sufficient power or ability; not equal to any task; incapable. "Lest to the queen the swain with transport fly, Unable to contain th' unruly joy." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, xvi. 481. *2. Weak, helple , impotent, usele . "Saple age and weak unable limbs Should bring thy father to his drooping chair." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . I. , iv. 5. *un-a-bled (leas el), a. [Eng. unabl (e); -ed.] Disabled, incapacitated. *ŭn-ā-ble-ne , s. [Eng. unable; -ne .] The quality or state of being unable; inability. "Considerynge the unablene e of Hilderich the kynge." -Fabyan: Chronycle (an. 1399). *ŭn-a-ble-tě, s. [Eng. unable; -ty.] Inability. ""If for the blyndne e of the preest, or for other unablete, he that is repent aunt wole go to another preest kunning in this ghostly office, he shal not do this with outen oute licence axid.' Ecclesiæ Regimen, written, as it seems, before 1395."- Wycliffe : Ed. Pref., p. 27. *un-a-bol-Ish-a-ble, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. abolishable .] Not able to be abolished; not capable of being abolished, annulled, or destroyed. "That law proved to be moral, and unabolishable for many reasons an next thereto." - Milton : Doct . & Dis . of Divorce, bk. ii., ch. i. un-a-bol-ished, a . [Pref. un- (1), and English abolished . ] Not abolished; not repealed or annulled; remaining in force. "The number of needle laws unabolished , doth weaken the force of them that are nece ary."-Hooker: Eccles. Polity , bk. viii. un-a-bridged, adj. [Pref. un- (1), and English abridged.] Not abridged; not curtailed; not shortened. "With verdure pure, unbroken, unabridg'd." Mason: English Garden , bk. i. *un-ab-solv-a-ble, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. absolvable .] Not capable of being absolved; not admitting of absolution. *un-ab sõlved', adj . [Pref. un- (1), and English absolved .] Not absolved; not solved; unsolved. IMG:content-1658.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Not accompanied; unattended; not with persons in attendance on one; alone. "As I was single and unaccompanied , I was not permitted to enter the temple." -Tatler , No. 120. 2. Not attended, accompanied, or followed, as with a certain result or consequence. "Many marks of favour which were unaccompanied by any indication of displeasure." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xv. II. Music : Performed or written without an accompaniment or subordinate instrumental parts. un-ac-com-plished, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. accomplished.] 1. Not accomplished; not finished; incomplete. "The gods, dismayed at his approach, withdrew, Nor durst their unaccomplished crime pursue."" Dryden: Homer's Iliad , i. *2. Not furnished or not completely furnished with accomplishments. *un-ac-com-plish-ment, s. [Pref. un- (1), and English accomplishment .] The quality or state of being unaccomplished; failure in accomplishing. "Custom being but a mere face, as echo is a mere voice, rests not in her unaccomplishment ."-Milton: To the Par liament of England. *un-ac-cord-ěd, a. [Pref. un- (1), and English accorded .] Not accorded; not granted or agreed on; not brought to harmony or concord. "Leaving those parcels unaccorded which are meet to be sent and confined to the schools." -Bp . Hall : Peace maker , § 5.