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Webster 1913 Edition


Unbody

Un-bod′y

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
body
.]
To free from the body; to disembody.
Her soul
unbodied
of the burdenous corse.
Spenser.

Un-bod′y

,
Verb.
I.
To leave the body; to be disembodied; – said of the soul or spirit.
[R.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


unbody

unbody

English

Verb

unbody (third-person singular simple present unbodies, present participle unbodying, simple past and past participle unbodied)

  1. (intransitive, of the soul or spirit) To leave the body; to be disembodied.
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  2. (transitive) To free from the body; to disembody.
    • Spenser
      Her soul unbodied of the burdenous corse.