Meaning

(transitive) To deprive of state or dignity..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To deprive of state or dignity.
2. (transitive) To withdraw (something previously stated); to unsay or retract.

Example Sentences

I would unstate myself, to be in a due resolution.

High-battled Caesar will unstate his happiness.

And thus thoſe Forts vvhich vvere erected to defend the Crovvne, firſt offended the King, ſome fevv vvhereof as he recouered, he flatted to the ground, and vviſhed the other no higher vvalls; ſtill ſvvearing by Gods Birth (his vſuall Oath) hee vvould not ſlightly bee vnſeated of his Crovvne, and vvondring vvhat ſhould mooue them, vvho had ſo readilie aduanced him, ſo ſpeedily to vnſtate him.

Of course protectionists will be indignant at this plain way of stating the case; but see if they can unstate it.

Acknowledgment unstates such implications and thus seems to legitimate victims' claims and status and vindicate their status and position.

It's why I'm drawn to mystics like Meister Eckhart and more contemporary ones like Simone Weil and the language of apophasis, where you state something, but the statement sort of unstates itself.

Word Forms

• unstates
• unstating
• unstated

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