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.]


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