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verb
To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare, transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Italic *wāss Latin vās Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Italic *-elom Latin -ulum Latin -culum Latin vāsculum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Late Latin vāscellum Old French vaisselbor. Middle English vessel English vessel English unvessel From un- + vessel.
