† unbowelv.
Obsolete.
1. figurative.1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes 198 Before I vnbowell the leane Carcase of thy book any further.1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iv. 336 All Vices are Vices; but Cruelty holds the preheminence. It spoiles, unbowels, unsoules the world.1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 389 Wou'd you then have me live, when thus unbowell'd, Without the Charms of my Aristor's presence?
a. transitive. To disembowel (a person or animal); to eviscerate, exenterate.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > deprive of essential elements or qualities
unbowel1552
kill1613
unessence1644
pith1903
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > maim or mutilate [verb (transitive)] > disembowel
bowel1330
disbowelc1440
debowel1487
unpauncha1500
garbage1542
unbowel1552
disentrail1596
untripe1611
disembowel1613
exenterate1613
hulk1622
eviscerate1623
eventerate1656
garble1661
viscerate1727
degut1933
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Vnbowell, exentero.
1591 R. Wilmot Tancred & Gismund sig. A2v Afterward..he commanded the Earle to be attached, imprisoned, strangled, vnbowelled.
1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 123 The hand of this cunning worke-man vnbowelleth him.
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 84 After the Duke is dead, he is unbowell'd, his body embalm'd.
a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 182 This prepared, they first unbowelled the corps.
b. reflexive (a) To exhaust oneself; to expend one's strength or means; (b) to unbosom oneself.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (reflexive)]
strain1377
overwork1530
overtire1558
toil1560
spend1594
overtask1628
waste1630
unbowel1647
to run off one's legs (also feet)1666
overexert1817
muck1819
tew1825
overdo1858
to burn out, forth1955
society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (reflexive)] > disclose one's thoughts or feelings
open1548
relate1625
unbowel1647
unbosoma1659
disembosom1767
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend extravagantly [verb (transitive)]
to piss (money, an opportunity, etc.) against the wall1540
lavish1542
melt1607
to piss away1628
unbowel1647
tap1712
sport1785
waster1821
blue1846
spree1859
to frivol away1866
blow1874
bust1878
skittle1883
to blow in1886
burst1892
bang1897
(a)
(b)1650 H. Brooke Υγιεινη 205 Thus..did this famous Deviner unbowel himself and thereby..made some amends for his former impostures.1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. Pref. sig. a3v Since I have thus adventured to unbowel my selfe.1647 A. Ross Mystagogvs Poeticvs i. 27 Covetous men are like Spiders, they unbowel, that is they consume and spend themselves with care and toyle, to catch a fly.
1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples i. 27 With such cries..they did unbowell themselves to provide furniture for the War.
2.
a. figurative. To empty of contents; to open up; to make hollow. Also in figurative context.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty
emptyOE
emptOE
avoida1382
to shake out1382
devoida1400
evacuec1400
void1506
toom?a1513
unburden1538
disgarboil1567
inanitea1598
unbowel1597
unfill1607
to turn out?1609
unteemc1635
evacuatea1652
vacuate1651
unempt1798
disglut1800
eviscerate1834
1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas vi. 78 They ransacke all the corners of the ship, vnbowell her inmost celles, throwe out commodities.
1610 Histrio-mastix iii. 62 Then stooping suiters..May groaning come, unbowelling the bagges Of their rich burthens in your wide-mouth'd deskes.
1646 T. Gataker Mistake Removed To Rdr. 2 Partly to unbowel and lay open some part of that unsound stuff that lies closely couched in this covert vault.
a1785 R. Glover Athenaid (1787) III. xxvii. 307 A native arch..Expands before an excavation deep, Unbowelling the hill.
b. To open up or disclose by investigation or exposition. (Common in 17th cent.)
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)]
arecchec885
unloukOE
overrunOE
sutelec1000
trahtnec1000
unfolda1050
belayc1175
openc1175
onopena1200
accountc1300
undo?a1366
remenea1382
interpret1382
unwrap1387
exploitc1390
enlumine1393
declarec1400
expoundc1400
unplait?c1400
enperc1420
planea1425
clearc1440
exponec1440
to lay outc1440
to give (also carry) lightc1449
unwind1482
expose1483
reducea1500
manifest1530
explicate1531
explaina1535
unlock?1536
dilucidate1538
elucidate1538
illustrate1538
rechec1540
explicate1543
illucidate1545
enucleate1548
unsnarl1555
commonstrate1563
to lay forth1577
straighten1577
unbroid1577
untwist1577
decipherc1586
illuminate1586
enlighten1587
resolvec1592
cipher1594
eliquidate1596
to take (a person) with one1599
rivelc1600
ravel1604
unbowel1606
unmist1611
extricate1614
unbolta1616
untanglea1616
enode1623
unperplexa1631
perspicuate1634
explata1637
unravel1637
esclarea1639
clarify1642
unweave1642
detenebrate1646
dismystery1652
undecipher1654
unfork1654
unparadox1654
reflect1655
enodate1656
unmysterya1661
liquidatea1670
recognize1676
to clear upa1691
to throw sidelight on1726
to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731
eclaircise1754
irradiate1864
unbraid1880
predigest1905
to get (something) straight1920
disambiguate1960
demystify1963
1606 Bp. J. King Serm. Sept. 15 The whole book of God must be vnbowelled, and all the wit of man ransackt, to finde out a stile honorable enough for their new erected presbytery.
1659 E. Hopton Encomium in T. Barker Art of Angling (ed. 2) Thou hast unbowell'd Dame Natures part In a Vade mecum.
1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 178 When this Great Thought comes to be open'd and unbowell'd, to be unravell'd and laid bare.
c. To display or reveal.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > thoughts or feelings
unbuttonc1325
unbreast1559
unbosom1598
unbowel1649
eccentricate1708
to nail one's colours (also flag) to the mast (also masthead)1808
disbosom1868
unzip1939
uncap1980
1649 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) i. vii. 91 When we shall feed at Josephs own house,..when he shall fully unbowel his love unto us, and take us to dwell in Goshen by him.
Derivatives
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun]
discoveringa1375
nakeninga1382
bewrayingc1386
detection1471
discoverture?1473
revelationc1485
disclosinga1513
disclosurea1525
disclose1548
overture1548
patefaction1553
displaying1556
discovery1567
unripping1568
revealment1576
discoverment1578
retection1581
unmaskinga1586
unclasping?1592
denudation1593
untrussing1597
uncovering1598
detecting1604
divulging1604
divulgation1610
unvizardinga1628
exposinga1631
divulgement1632
unbowellinga1639
unfolding1646
revealinga1649
unrolling1648
pre-discovery1653
discoverance1664
unshelling1670
development1760
unveilinga1774
disclosal1786
displayment1801
divulgence1851
revelationism1854
unbosoming1910
uncovery1963
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [noun] > disembowelling
bowellingc1440
disbowellingc1440
paunching1591
eviscerating1599
unbowellinga1639
exenteration1646
exenterating1663
evisceration1692
disembowelling1746
disembowelment1875
a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) vi. xiii. 306 Whether they perceived any sign of poyson at his unbowelling.
a1653 H. Binning Serm. (1845) 340 The not unbowelling of our hidden affections.
1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 41 The embalmer..then salted, without any Incision or unbowelling, the whole body with Sal Nitri.
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