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Webster 1913 Edition


Unhorse

Un-horse′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
horse
.]
To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take a horse or horses from;
as, to
unhorse
a rider; to
unhorse
a carriage
.
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unhorse

UNHORSE

,
Verb.
T.
unhors'. To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount.

Definition 2024


unhorse

unhorse

English

Verb

unhorse (third-person singular simple present unhorses, present participle unhorsing, simple past and past participle unhorsed)

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

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