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单词 unpower
释义 I. unˈpower, n. Obs. exc. dial.
[un-1 12. Cf. non-power.]
Want of power; inability; weakness; helplessness.
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 371 Þis drede haþ no peyne, but unpower for to synne.1402Jack Upland in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 36 Then puttest thou on Christ..unkunning, unpower, and evill will.c1440Gesta Rom. lii. 233 Þerfor do not aftir the worlde, ne abide not age, vnpower, or blyndnesse.a1470H. Parker Dives & Pauper (W. de W. 1496) ii. xiv. G iiij b, Yf it be soo that þt othe be made..the man that he made it to can not..vnbynde hym from that othe..but nede or unpower excuse hym.1847–in south-western dial. glossaries.
II. unˈpower, v. Obs.
[un-2 4.]
trans. To deprive of power.
1643W. Greenhill Axe at Root 8 Now the Lord did..un-church them, un-power them, un-saint them.1657Reeve God's Plea 287 Why are they ministers, if they un⁓power, cassate their own function?
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