Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
UNDID — UNDULATORY
UNDID, pret. of undo.
UNDIGENOUS, a. [L. unda, wave and Gr. kind.] Generated by water.
UNDIGESTED, a. Not digested; not subdued by the stomach; crude.
UNDIGHT, v.t. To put off. Obs.
UNDIGNIFIED, a. Not dignified; common; mean.
UNDIMINISHABLE, a. Not capable of diminution.
UNDIMINISHED, a. Not diminished; not lessened; unimpaired.
UNDIMINISHING, a. Not diminishing; not becoming less.
UNDINTED, a. Not impressed by a blow.
UNDIPLOMATIC, a. Not according to the rules of diplomatic bodies.
UNDIPPED, a. Not dipped; not plunged.
UNDIRECTED, a.
1. Not directed; not guided; left without direction.
2. Not addressed; not superscribed; as a letter.
UNDISAPPOINTED, a. Not disappointed.
UNDISCERNED, a. Not discerned; not seen; not observed; not descried; not discovered; as truths undiscerned.
UNDISCERNEDLY, adv. In such a manner as not to be discovered or seen.
UNDISCERNIBLE, a. That cannot be discerned, seen or discovered; invisible; as undiscernible objects or distinctions.
UNDISCERNIBLENESS, n. The state or quality of being undiscernible.
UNDISCERNIBLY, adv. In a way not to be discovered or seen; invisibly; imperceptibly.
UNDISCERNING, a. Not discerning; not making just distinctions; wanting judgment or the power of discrimination.
UNDISCERNING, n. Want of discernment.
UNDISCIPLINED, a.
1. Not disciplined; not duly exercised and taught; not subdued to regularity and order; raw; as undisciplined troops; undisciplined valor.
2. Not instructed; untaught; as undisciplined minds.
UNDISCLOSE, v.t. undisclo’ze. Not to discover. [A bad word.]
UNDISCLOSED, a. Not disclosed; not revealed.
UNDISCOLORED, a. Not discolored; not stained.
UNDISCORDING, a. Not disagreeing; not jarring in music; harmonious; as undiscording voices.
UNDISCOVERABLE, a. That cannot be discovered or found out; as a undiscoverable principles.
UNDISCOVERABLY, adv. In a manner not to be discovered.
UNDISCOVERED, a. Not discovered; not seen; not descried.
UNDISCRETE, a. Not discrete; not prudent or wise. [Instead of this, indiscrete is used.]
UNDISCRETELY, adv. Indiscretely. [See Indiscretely.]
UNDISCUSSED, a. Not discussed; not argued or debated.
UNDISGRACED, a. Not disgraced or dishonored.
UNDISGUISED, a. [See Guise.]
1. Not disguised; not covered with a mask, or with a false appearance.
2. Open; frank; candid; plain; artless.
UNDISHONORED, n. [See Honor.] Not dishonored; not disgraced.
UNDISMAYED, a. Not dismayed; not disheartened by fear; not discouraged; as troops undismayed.
UNDISOBLIGING, a. Inoffensive. [Little used.]
UNDISORDERED, a. s as z. Not disordered; not disturbed.
UNDISPENSED, a.
1. Not dispensed.
2. Not freed from obligation.
UNDISPENSING, a. Not allowing to be dispensed with.
UNDISPERSED, a. Not dispersed; not scattered.
UNDISPLAYED, a. Not displayed; not unfolded.
UNDISPUTABLE, a. Not disputable. [But the word now used is indisputable.]
UNDISPUTED, a. Not disputed; not contested; not called in question; as an undisputed title; undisputed truth.
UNDISQUIETED, a. Not disquieted; not disturbed.
UNDISSEMBLED, a. Not dissembled; open; undisguised; unfeigned; as undissembled friendship or piety.
UNDISSEMBLING, a. Not dissembling; not exhibiting a false appearance; not false.
UNDISSIPATED, a. Not dissipated; not scattered.
UNDISSOLVABLE, a. [See Dissolve.]
1. That cannot be dissolved or melted.
2. That may not be loosened or broken; as the undissolvable ties of friendship.
UNDISSOLVED, a. Not dissolved; not melted.
UNDISSOLVING, a. Not dissolving; not melting; as the undissolving ice of the Alps.
UNDISTEMPERED, a.
1. Not diseased; free from malady.
2. Free from perturbation.
UNDISTENDED, a. Not distended; not enlarged.
UNDISTILLED, a. Not distilled.
UNDISTINGUISHABLE, a.
1. That cannot be distinguished by the eye; not to be distinctly seen.
2. Not to be known or distinguished by the intellect, by any peculiar property.
UNDISTINGUISHABLY, adv. Without distinction; so as not to be known from each other, or to be separately seen.
UNDISTINGUISHED, a.
1. Not distinguished; not so marked as to be distinctly known from each other.
Undistinguish’d seeds of good and ill.
2. Not separately seen or descried.
3. Not plainly discerned.
4. Having no intervenient space.
5. Not marked by any particular property.
6. Not treated with any particular respect.
7. Not distinguished by any particular eminence.
UNDISTINGUISHING, a. Making no difference; not discriminating; as undistinguishing favor.
Undistinguishing distribution of good and evil.
UNDISTORTED, a. Not distorted; not perverted.
UNDISTRACTED, a. Not perplexed by contrariety or confusion of thought, desires or concerns.
UNDISTRACTEDLY, adv. Without disturbance from contrariety of thoughts or multiplicity of concerns.
UNDISTRACTEDNESS, n. Freedom from disturbance or interruption from contrariety or multiplicity of thoughts and concerns.
UNDISTRIBUTED, a. Not distributed or allotted.
UNDISTURBED, a.
1. Free from interruption; not molested or hindered; as undisturbed with company or noise.
2. Free from perturbation of mind; calm; tranquil; placid; serene; not agitated. To be undisturbed by danger, by perplexities, by injuries received, is a most desirable object.
3. Not agitated; not stirred; not moved; as the surface of water undisturbed.
UNDISTURBEDLY, adv. Calmly; peacefully.
UNDISTURBEDNESS, n. Calmness; tranquillity; freedom from molestation or agitation.
UNDIVERSIFIED, a. Not diversified; not varied; uniform.
UNDIVERTED, a.
1. Not diverted; not turned aside.
2. Not amused; not entertained or pleased.
UNDIVIDABLE, a. That cannot be divided; not separable; as an undividable scene.
UNDIVIDED, a.
1. Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; as undivided attention or affections.
2. In botany, not lobed, cleft or branched.
UNDIVIDEDLY, adv. So as not to be parted.
UNDIVORCED, a. Not divorced; not separated.
UNDIVULGED, a. Not divulged; not revealed or disclosed; secret.
UNDO, v.t. pret. undid; pp. undone.
1. To reverse what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught any transaction. We can undo many kinds of work; but we cannot undo crimes, errors or faults.
Tomorrow ere the setting sun, she’d all undo what she had done.
2. To loose; to open; to take to pieces; to unravel; to unfasten; to untie; as, to undo a knot.
3. To ruin; to bring to poverty; to impoverish. Many are undone by unavoidable losses; but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation, or by indolence.
4. To ruin, in a moral sense; to bring to everlasting destruction and misery.
5. To ruin in reputation.
UNDOCK, v.t. To take out of dock; as, to undock a ship.
UNDOER, n. One who undoes or brings destruction; one who reverses what has been done; one who ruins the reputation of another.
UNDOING, ppr. Reversing what has been done; ruining.
UNDOING, n.
1. The reversal of what has been done.
2. Ruin; destruction.
UNDONE, pp.
1. Reversed; annulled.
2. Ruined; destroyed.
When the legislature is corrupted, the people are undone.
3. a. Not done; not performed; not executed. We are apt to leave undone what we ought to do.
UNDOUBTED, a. undout’ed. Not doubted; not called in question; indubitable; indisputable; as undoubted proof; undoubted truth.
UNDOUBTEDLY, adv. undout’edly. Without doubt; without question; indubitably.
UNDOUBTFUL, a. undout’ful. Not doubtful; not ambiguous; plain; evident.
UNDOUBTING, a. undout’ing. Not doubting; not hesitating respecting facts; not fluctuating in uncertainty; as an undoubting believer; an undoubting faith.
UNDRAINED, a. Not drained; not freed from water.
UNDRAMATIC, UNDRAMATICAL, a. Not dramatic; not according to the rules of the drama, or not suited to the drama.
UNDRAWN, a.
1. Not drawn; not pulled by an external force.
2. Not allured by motives or persuasion.
3. Not taken from the box; as an undrawn ticket.
UNDREADED, a. undred’ed. Not dreaded; not feared.
UNDREAMED, a. Not dreamed; not thought of.
UNDRESS, v.t.
1. To divest of clothes; to strip.
2. To divest of ornaments, or the attire of ostentation; to disrobe.
UNDRESS, n. A loose negligent dress.
UNDRESSED, pp.
1. Divested of dress; disrobed.
2. a. Not dressed; not attired.
3. Not prepared; as meat undressed.
4. Not pruned; not trimmed; not put in order; as an undressed vineyard.
UNDRIED, a.
1. Not dried; wet; moist; as undried cloth.
2. Not dried; green; as undried hay; undried hops.
UNDRIVEN, a. Not driven; not impelled.
UNDROOPING, a. Not drooping; not sinking; not despairing.
UNDROSSY, a. Free from dross or recrement.
UNDROWNED, a. Not drowned.
UNDUBITABLE, a. Not to be doubted; unquestionable. [But the word now used is indubitable.]
UNDUE, a.
1. Not due; not yet demandable of right; as a debt, note or bond undue.
2. Not right; not legal; improper; as an undue proceeding.
3. Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; not proportioned; excessive; as an undue regard to the externals of religion; an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law.
UNDUKE, v.t. To deprive of dukedom.
UNDULARY, a. [L. undula, a little wave.] Playing like waves; waving.
UNDULATE, UNDULATED, a. Wavy; waved obtusely up and down, near the margin, as a leaf or corol.
UNDULATE, v.t. [L. undula, a little wave; unda, a wave; Low L. undulo.]
To move back and forth, or up and down, as waves; to cause to vibrate.
Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated -
UNDULATE, v.i. To vibrate; to move back and forth; to wave; as undulating air.
UNDULATING, ppr.
1. Waving; vibrating.
2. a. Wary; rising and falling.
UNDULATINGLY, adv. In the form of waves.
UNDULATION, n. [from undulate.]
1. A waving motion or vibration; as the undulations of a fluid, of water or air; the undulations of sound. The undulations of a fluid are propagated in concentric circles.
2. In medicine, a particular uneasy sensation of an undulatory motion in the heart.
3. In music, a rattling or jarring of sounds, as when discordant notes are sounded together. It is called also beat.
4. In surgery, a certain motion of the matter of an abscess when pressed, which indicates its maturity or fitness for opening.