Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unhand
Participle: unhanded
Gerund: unhanding
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | unhand |
| you | unhand |
| he;she;it | unhands |
| we | unhand |
| you | unhand |
| they | unhand |
Perfect
| I | have unhanded |
| you | have unhanded |
| he;she;it | has unhanded |
| we | have unhanded |
| you | have unhanded |
| they | have unhanded |
Past
| I | unhanded |
| you | unhanded |
| he;she;it | unhanded |
| we | unhanded |
| you | unhanded |
| they | unhanded |
Pluperfect
| I | had unhanded |
| you | had unhanded |
| he;she;it | had unhanded |
| we | had unhanded |
| you | had unhanded |
| they | had unhanded |
Future
| I | will unhand |
| you | will unhand |
| he;she;it | will unhand |
| we | will unhand |
| you | will unhand |
| they | will unhand |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unhanded |
| you | will have unhanded |
| he;she;it | will have unhanded |
| we | will have unhanded |
| you | will have unhanded |
| they | will have unhanded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unhand |
| you | unhand |
| he;she;it | unhand |
| we | unhand |
| you | unhand |
| they | unhand |
Perfect
| I | have unhanded |
| you | have unhanded |
| he;she;it | have unhanded |
| we | have unhanded |
| you | have unhanded |
| they | have unhanded |
Imperfect
| I | unhanded |
| you | unhanded |
| he;she;it | unhanded |
| we | unhanded |
| you | unhanded |
| they | unhanded |
Pluperfect
| I | had unhanded |
| you | had unhanded |
| he;she;it | had unhanded |
| we | had unhanded |
| you | had unhanded |
| they | had unhanded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unhand |
| you | would unhand |
| he;she;it | would unhand |
| we | would unhand |
| you | would unhand |
| they | would unhand |
Perfect
| I | would have unhanded |
| you | would have unhanded |
| he;she;it | would have unhanded |
| we | would have unhanded |
| you | would have unhanded |
| they | would have unhanded |
Imperative
| you | unhand |
| we | Let's unhand |
| you | unhand |
Verbs conjugated like 'unhand'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unhand'
unhang,
unland,
uphand,
anhang,
behand,
hand,
unadd,
unban,
unbank,
unbend,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1602, "to release from one's grasp," from un- (2) + verbal derivative of hand (n.).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *né
4. Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
5. Proto-Germanic *un-
6. Proto-West Germanic *un-
7. Old English un-
8. Middle English un-
9. English un-
10. Proto-Germanic *handuz
11. Proto-West Germanic *handu
12. Old English hand
13. Middle English hond
14. English hand
15. English unhand
16. From un- + hand.
Sample Sentences
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He holds him with his skinny hand,
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"There was a ship," quoth he.
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"Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!"
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Eftsoons his hand dropt he. [1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, part 1, lines 9-12:]
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“Unhand' the lady!” said Vernon, in a severe tone, as, at the same time, he draw from his pocket a pistol. “Unhand her!” and he approached the lawyer [1853, Oliver Optic, Hatchie, The Guardian Slave or The Heiress of Bellevue. A Tale of the Mississippi and the South-west, B. B. Mussey and Company, and R. B. Fitts and Company, Chapter XXX, page 305:]
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As he dried the last toe, she said, “Thank you. You may now unhand my feet” [2008, Anne Gracie, The Stolen Princess, Berkley Books, →ISBN, Chapter Two, page 33:]