unsettle

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNSET'TLE, verb transitive 1. To unfix; to move or loosen from a fixed state; to unhinge; to make uncertain or fluctuating; as, to unsettle doctrines and opinions. 2. To move from a place. 3. To overthrow. UNSET'TLE, verb transitive To become unfixed.
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