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unsting

verb

Etymology

From un- + sting.

  1. inherited from *stungiz✻
  2. inherited from stynġ
  3. inherited from *stingaz✻
  4. inherited from sting
  5. inherited from styng
  6. prefixed as unsting — “un + sting”

Definitions

  1. To remove the sting of

    • Elegant dissertations on virtue and vice […] will not unsting calamity.
    • It unstinged the king of terrors, and filled his soul with humble confidence and joy.

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