unvessel

U1N1V4E1S1S1E1L1

verb

To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty.

OriginEnglish vessel ← Middle English vessel ← Old French vaisse →
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Meanings

verbunvessel (third-person singular simple present unvessels, present participle (US) unvesseling or (UK) unvesselling, simple past and past participle (US) unvesseled or (UK) unvesselled)

present singular third person unvessels · US participle present unvesseling · UK participle present unvesselling · US participle past unvesseled · US past unvesseled · UK participle past unvesselled · UK past unvesselled

  1. obsoleteraretransitiveTo cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty.

Origin

  1. Englishun-
  2. Proto-Italic*wāss
  3. Latinvās
  4. Latinvāsculum
  5. Late Latinvāscellum
  6. Old Frenchvaisse
  7. Middle Englishvessel
  8. Englishvessel
  9. Englishunvessel

From un- + vessel.

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APA

unvessel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unvessel

MLA

“unvessel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unvessel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unvessel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unvessel.

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