What does untongue mean?
Untongue means (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of a tongue, or of voice..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(obsolete, transitive) To deprive of a tongue, or of voice..
Especially he ought to untongue it from talking to his prejudice
Mark me, they will untongue you ; decudgel you to a very submissive state of conjugal obedience; and , what is still worse, they will actually bamboozle you —that is to say, unless you deviate your transcendent and subterranean courses.
Yet till thine axe untongue me, I'll maintain Ours was a mighty scheme, and that it failed, Its chiefest fault.
They are the ones who can untongue you, the poet Adler says.
Unhand me-- er, untongue me, vile monster!
What?! Hey! Untongue me!
"Well, tell it to untongue me! " Han demanded.
to stay, dying and composing as the untongue licked him toward oblivion and the tenors sang promisisti.
Use untongue when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Untongue means (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of a tongue, or of voice..
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Especially he ought to untongue it from talking to his prejudice
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