Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unbrother

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-broth-er
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make no longer a brother; to expel from a brotherhood.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"It is not in the power of the sins of our infirmity, to unbrother us; when we look at the acts themselves, they are heinous; when at the persons, they are so much more faulty as more obliged; but when we look at the mercy of thee who hast called us, now, Who shall separate us?"
"Some of us take fresh heart at the thought of it, and learn that it is not in the power of infirmity to unbrother us; we are Christ's brothers; and 'brothers are brothers evermore.'"

Etymology

From un- + brother.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unbrothers (present, singular) unbrothering (participle, present) unbrothered (participle, past) unbrothered (past)

Questions

What does unbrother mean?: To make no longer a brother; to expel from a brotherhood.
Where does unbrother come from?: From un- + brother.

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