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unbeast en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From un- (“not”) + beast.

Meanings

  1. Something which might be mistaken for, but which is not, a beast.
    • We don't deserve the epitaph of "Beasts," for the natural beasts learned a long time ago what harmony in their ecosystems was. We are the plastic unbeasts called men. We kill our own flesh for spiritual reasons cloaked in patriotism. Were has our own animal gone? Are we so intellectually trapped that only didactic philosophies are left? 2013 February 8, Wayne T. Williams, Kissing the Hand of the Dead, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 144:
    • That was no beast, said Irc scornfully into his mind. That was an unbeast. Twisty and nasty. Keep your eye out for more, Hem said. 2010 December 7, Alison Croggon, The Crow: The Third Book of Pellinor, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 321:

Forms

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unbeasts Number=Plur lexicographic

unbeast en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

un- + beast

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To get rid of the beastly form or nature of.

Forms

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unbeasts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unbeasted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unbeasted Tense=Past lexicographic
unbeasting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic