Umlaut
‖Um″laut (o͞om″lout), n. [G., from um about + laut sound.] (Philol.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable w...
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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‖Um″laut (o͞om″lout), n. [G., from um about + laut sound.] (Philol.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable w...
Um″laut‐ed, a.(Philol.) Having the umlaut; as, umlauted vowels.There is no natural connection between umlauted forms and plurality. Earle.
Um″pi‐rage (?; 48), n. [From Umpire.] 1. The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide.The mild umpirage of the federal Union. E. Everett.2. The...
Um″pire (?), n. [OE. nompere, nounpere (also impier, fr. F. impair uneven), fr. OF. nomper uneven, F. non-pair; hence the meaning, uneven, i.e., third person; non not + OF. per ...
Um″pire, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Umpired (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Umpiring.] 1. To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest...
Um″pire, v. i. To act as umpire or arbitrator.
Um″pire‐ship, n. Umpirage; arbitrament. Jewel.
Um″press (?), n. Female umpire. Marston.
Um″quhile (ŭm″kwĭl), adv. [Cf. OF. umwhile for a time. See While.] Some time ago; formerly. Sir W. Scott. — a. Former.
Un–. [OE. un-, on-, the unaccented form of the accented prefix and- (cf. Answer); akin to D. ont-, G. ent-, OHG. int-, Goth. and-. See Anti-.] An inseparable verbal prefix or pa...
Un–. [OE. & AS. un-; akin to OFries. un-, D. on-, OS., OHG., & G. un-, Icel. ō-, ū-, Sw. o-, Dan. u-, W. an-, L. in-, Gr. �, �, Skr. an-, a-. √193. Cf. A- not In- not, No, adv.]...
Un′–Mo‐sa″ic (?), a. Not according to Moses; unlike Moses or his works.By this reckoning Moses should be most un Mosaic. Milton.
Un–Ro″man‐ized (?), a. 1. Not subjected to Roman arms or customs. J. Whitaker.2. (Eccl.) Not subjected to the principles or usages of the Roman Catholic Church.
U″na boat′ (?). (Naut.) The English name for a catboat; — so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England. D. Kemp.
Un′a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Inability.
Un‐a″ble (?), a. Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent; weak; helpless; incapable; — now usually followed by an infinitive or ...
Un‐a″bled (?), a. Disabled. B. Jonson.
Un‐a″ble‐ness (?), n. Inability. Hales.
Un′a‐bridged″ (?), a. Not abridged, or shortened; full; complete; entire; whole.
Un′ab‐sorb″a‐ble (?), a. Not absorbable; specifically (Physiol.), not capable of absorption; unable to pass by osmosis into the circulating blood; as, the unabsorbable portion o...
Un′ac‐cept′a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality of being unacceptable; unacceptableness.
Un′ac‐cept″a‐ble (?), a. Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive. — Un′ac‐cept″a‐ble‐ness, n. — Un′ac‐cept″a‐bly, adv.
Un′ac‐cess″i‐ble (?), a. Inaccessible. Herbert. — Un′ac‐cess″i‐bleness, n. — Un′ac‐cess″i‐bly, adv.
Un′ac‐com″plished (?), a. Not accomplished or performed; unfinished; also, deficient in accomplishment; unrefined.
Un′ac‐com″plish‐ment (?), n. The state of being unaccomplished. Milton.
Un′ac‐count′a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being unaccountable.
Un′ac‐count″a‐ble (?), a. 1. Not accountable or responsible; free from control. South.2. Not to be accounted for; inexplicable; not consonant with reason or rule; strange; myste...