unsting

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Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ sting

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unsting (third-person singular simple present unstings, present participle unstinging, simple past and past participle unstinged)

  1. (transitive, archaic, often figurative) To remove the sting of
    • a. 1829, John Mitchell Mason, a sermon:
      Elegant dissertations on virtue and vice [] will not unsting calamity.
    • 1822, Samuel Stearns, A Sermon [on 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8] delivered at the funeral of the Reverend Eliab Stone, page 3:
      It unstinged the king of terrors, and filled his soul with humble confidence and joy.

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