unsight meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

unsight

noun

Etymology From un- (“absence of”) + sight.

Absence of sight; lack of vision

He tries to correct this unsight in the second stanza, asking a series of speculative (and rhetorical) questions about his cousin's life.2012, Gregory Tate, The Poet's Mind: The Psychology of Victorian Poetry 1830-1870:
[...] as dame in her dwelling, whereby I may picture her there; And in vain do I urge my unsight To conceive my lost prize At her close, whom I knew when her dreams were upbrimming with light, And with laughter her eyes.2013, Dr Rosemarie Morgan, The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy - Page 405:

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Her robes shimmered with wards of unsight stitched in electrum thread.2013, Peter V. Brett, The Daylight War - Page 566:

verb

Etymology From un- + sight.

Rare To remove the sight of or from

The veil thus marks out the objects of both sexual and metaphysical desire as 'Scheingestalten'. A similar veil unsights the lover's gaze in Angelika as he perceives her 'wie durch einen Schleier' (S 1 116).1996, Andrew J. Webber, The Doppelgänger - Page 297:

Engineering, Firearms, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, Tools, War, Weaponry To lose sight on a target

Just jeep as the Sten magazine emptied there came a single shot from the far end of the lane and in the same instant a bullet cracked over Butler's head.The jeep swung sharply to the right, unsighting him.2012, Anthony Price, The '44 Vintage:

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