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unstate
[ uhn-steyt ]
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
- Obsolete. to deprive (a nation, government, etc.) of its character or dignity as a state.
Example Sentences
Yes, like enough, high-battled Cæsar will Unstate his greatness, and be staged to the show Against a sworder!
Unstate, un-stāt′, v.t. to deprive of state or dignity.
If they object to passages where, to exaggerate a little, the sense has rather to be discerned beyond the words than found in them, and if they do not wholly enjoy the movement of so typical a speech as this, Yes, like enough, high-battled Caesar will Unstate his happiness, and be staged to the show, Against a sworder!
I take the meaning to be rather this, Do you frame the business, who can act with less emotion; I would unstate myself; it would in me be a departure from the paternal character, to be in a due resolution, to be settled and composed on such an occasion.
Enobarbus, too, sneers at Antony's proposed duel: "Yes, like enough, high-battled Caesar will Unstate his happiness, and be staged to the show Against a sworder."
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