verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To disarm; to soften. transitive

   "Thou hast his conqu’ring Sword unsteel’d, His Valour turn’d to shameful Flight."

Example

More examples

"Thou hast his conqu’ring Sword unsteel’d, His Valour turn’d to shameful Flight."

Etymology

From un- + steel.

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