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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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26 words match “UNSEASON”

UNSEASON v. 2 definitions

To make unseasoned; to deprive of seasoning.

UNSEASONABLE a.

out of the proper season; ill-timed; untimely; too early or too late; as, he called at an unseasonable hour; unseasonable advice; unseasonable frosts; unseasonable food. -- Un*sea"son*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*sea"son*a*bly, adv.

UNSEASONED a. 2 definitions

To proceed; to issue; to spring. Whence haply mention may arise Of something not unseasonable to ask. Milton.

To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood. [Obs.] Spenser.

odesty. They . . . looked as demurely as they could; for 't was a hanging matter to laugh unseasonably. Dryden.

ion in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought. This seems an unseasonable foresight. Milton. A random expense, without plan or foresight. Burke.

Inopportune; unseasonable. [Obs.]

INCONVENIENTLY adv.

In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably.

Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc. No visit could have been more inopportune. T. Hook.

INOPPORTUNELY adv.

Not opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently.

INOPPORTUNITY n.

Want of opportunity; unseasonableness; inconvenience. [R.]

INTEMPERATENESS n.

Severity of weather; inclemency. Boyle. By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the air or meteors. Sir M. Hale.

INTEMPESTIVELY adv.

Unseasonably. [Obs.]

INTEMPESTIVITY n.

Unseasonableness; untimeliness. [Obs.] Hales.

vitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another. Thy wit wants edge And manners, to intrude where I am graced. Shak. Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them. I…

Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.

Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit. Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude. De Quincey.

Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely. [R.] Nor fits it to prolong the heavenly feast Timeless, indecent. Pope.

TIMELESSLY adv.

In a timeless manner; unseasonably. [R.] Milton.