˜yÐÄvlog

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unhouse

[ uhn-houz ]

verb (used with object)

unhoused unhousing
  1. to drive from a house or habitation; deprive of shelter.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of unhouse1

First recorded in 1325–75, unhouse is from the Middle English word unhousen. See un- 2, house
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Atrocities like Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the bombing of German and Japanese cities to “unhouse†the civilian population, as Winston Churchill called it, together with the horrors of Germany’s Nazi holocaust, led to the adoption of the Fourth Geneva Convention in 1949, meant to protect civilians in war zones and under military occupation.

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O feel-of-primrose hands, O feet That want the yield of plushy sward, But you shall walk the golden street, And you unhouse and house the Lord.

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Unhouse, un-howz′, v.t. to deprive of or drive from a house or shelter.—adj.

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Nabokov's truths, and Ada, will certainly unhouse many readers from the comfort of their passive reading habits.

O feel-of-primrose hands, O feet That want the yield of plushy sward, But you shall walk the golden street And you unhouse and house the Lord.

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