unsinew

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verb

To deprive of sinews or strength.

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Meanings

verbunsinew (third-person singular simple present unsinews, present participle unsinewing, simple past and past participle unsinewed)

present singular third person unsinews · participle present unsinewing · participle past unsinewed · past unsinewed

  1. archaicfigurativelytransitiveusuallyTo deprive of sinews or strength.

    Th' unsinew'd poem languishes and dies

    1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry

Origin

From un- + sinew.

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APA

unsinew. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsinew

MLA

“unsinew.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsinew. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsinew,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsinew.

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