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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unhorse en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English unhorsen, equivalent to un- + horse.

Meanings

  1. To forcibly remove from a horse.
    • The knight was unhorsed when his opponent's lance struck his shield.
  2. (broadly) To disrupt or unseat; to remove from a position.
    • The incumbent governor was unhorsed by the scandal that broke during his reelection campaign.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unhorsing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unhorsed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unhorsed Tense=Past lexicographic
unhorses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (6)

fr désarçonner (remove from a horse) · fi pudottaa (disrupt or unseat) · sv kasta av (disrupt or unseat) · fi pudottaa (remove from a horse) · fro deschevaler (remove from a horse) · eo deĉevaligi (remove from a horse)