1 Pet. i. 8.

Un*spe"cial*ized (?), a. Not specialized; specifically (Biol.), not

adapted, or set apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an

unspecialized unicellular organism. W. K. Brooks.

Un*sped" (?), a. Not performed; not dispatched. [Obs.] Garth.

Un*spell" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + spell.] To break the power of (a

spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to

disenchant. [R.]

Such practices as these, . . . The more judicious Israelites unspelled.

Dryden.

Un*sphere" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sphere.] To remove, as a planet,

from its sphere or orb. Shak.

Un*spike" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + spike.] To remove a spike from,

as from the vent of a cannon.

Un*spilt" (?), a. Not spilt or wasted; not shed.

Un*spin" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + spin.] To untwist, as something

spun.

Un*spir"it (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + spirit.] To dispirit. [Obs.] Sir

W. Temple.

Un*spir"it*al*ize (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + spiritualize.] To deprive

of spiritually. South.

Un*spleened" (?), a. [1st pref. un- + spleen.] Deprived of a spleen.

Un*spot"ted (?), a. Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially,

free from moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted

reputation. — Un*spot"ted*ness, n.

Un*squire" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + squire.] To divest of the title

or privilege of an esquire. Swift.

Un*sta"ble (?), a. [Cf. Instable.] Not stable; not firm, fixed, or

constant; subject to change or overthrow. — Un*sta"ble*ness, n.

Chaucer.

Unstable equilibrium. See Stable equilibrium, under Stable.

Un*stack" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + stack.] To remove, or take away,

from a stack; to remove, as something constituting a stack.

Un*starch" (?), v. t. [Pref. un- + starch.] To free from starch; to

make limp or pliable.

Un*state" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + state.] To deprive of state or

dignity. [R.]

High-battled Cæsar will unstate his happiness.

Shak.

Un*steel" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + steel.] To disarm; to soften.

Richardson.

Un*step" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + step.] (Naut.) To remove, as a

mast, from its step.

Un*stick" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + stick.] To release, as one thing

stuck to another. Richardson.

Un*still" (?), a. [AS. unstille. See Un- not, and Still, a.] Not still;

restless. [R.]

Un*sting" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sting.] To disarm of a sting; to

remove the sting of. [R.] "Elegant dissertations on virtue and vice . .

. will not unsting calamity." J. M. Mason.

Un*stitch" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + stitch.] To open by picking out

stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a

seam. Collier.

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