different between unset vs unsex

English

Etymology

un- +? set

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Adjective

unset (not comparable)

1. Not set; not fixed or appointed.
2. Not mounted or placed in a setting.
3. Not set (broken bone)
4. Not planted.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 16:

     And many maiden gardens, yet unset

     With virtuous wish would bear your living flowers ...

5. uncongealed, unconsolidated (concrete, cement)

Verb

unset (third-person singular simple present unsets, present participle unsetting, simple past and past participle unset)

1. (transitive) To make not set.

   Synonym: clear

Anagrams

• Nutes, suent, tunes

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /???ns?t/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /??ns?t/

Verb

unset

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of unet

English

Etymology

un- +? sex

Verb

unsex (third-person singular simple present unsexes, present participle unsexing, simple past and past participle unsexed)

1. To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
   • 1603-06, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, Scene V:

     Lady Macbeth: "Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe full / Of direst cruelty:"

   • 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 1:

     The Amazon cut off a breat to battle: How will not Woman disfigure and unsex herself to gain her end?
2. To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate.

Anagrams

• UN*Xes, nexus, nexûs, nex?s