2. That which is uncertain; something unknown.
Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty.
L'Estrange. Uncessant
(Un*ces"sant) a. Incessant. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. — Un*ces"sant*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Unchain
(Un*chain") v. t. [1st pref. un- + chain.] To free from chains or slavery; to let loose. Prior.
Unchancy
(Un*chan"cy) a. [Pref un- + Scot. chancy fortunate, safe.]
1. Happening at a bad time; unseasonable; inconvenient. A. Trollope.
2. Ill-fated; unlucky. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
3. Unsafe to meddle with; dangerous. [Scot.]
Unchaplain
(Un*chap"lain) v. t. [1st pref. un- + chaplain.] To remove from a chaplaincy.
Uncharge
(Un*charge") v. t. [1st pref. un- + charge.]
1. To free from a charge or load; to unload. Wyclif.
2. To free from an accusation; to make no charge against; to acquit. Shak.
Unchariot
(Un*char"i*ot) v. t. [1st pref. un- + chariot.] To throw out of a chariot. Pope.
Uncharitable
(Un*char"i*ta*ble) a. Not charitable; contrary to charity; severe in judging; harsh; censorious; as,
uncharitable opinions or zeal. Addison. — Un*char"i*ta*ble*ness, n. — Un*char"i*ta*bly, adv.
Uncharity
(Un*char"i*ty) n. Uncharitableness. Tennyson.
'T were much uncharity in you.
J. Webster. Uncharm
(Un*charm") v. t. [1st pref. un- + charm.] To release from a charm, fascination, or secret
power; to disenchant. Beau. & Fl.
Uncharnel
(Un*char"nel) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uncharneled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Uncharneling.] [1st pref.
un- + charnel.] To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to exhume. Byron.
Unchaste
(Un*chaste") a. Not chaste; not continent; lewd. — Un*chaste"ly, adv. — Un*chaste"ness,
n.
Unchastity
(Un*chas"ti*ty) n. The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; incontinence.
Uncheckable
(Un*check"a*ble) a. Not capable of being checked or stopped. [R.]
Unchild
(Un*child") v. t. [1st pref. un- + child.]
1. To bereave of children; to make childless. Shak.
2. To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child. Bp. Hall.
Unchristen
(Un*chris"ten) v. t. [1st pref. un- + christen.] To render unchristian. [Obs. & R.] Milton.
Unchristened
(Un*chris"tened) a. [Pref. un- not + christened.] Not christened; as, an unchristened
child.
Unchristian
(Un*chris"tian) a. [Pref. un- not + Christian.]
