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used not used Second
-m -mus not used not used -r -mur not used not used Second person.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Undod n unity simpleness
Under, Undod, n. unity; simpleness Undodiad, n. an unitarian Undodiaeth, n. unitarianism Undon, a. monotonous Undras, a. of the same kindred Undull, a. of the same form Uned, n. unity; accordance Unfaint, n. unity of size Unfed, a. first Unfraint, a. of equal rank Unfryd, a. of one mind Ungor, a. of one turn or twist Uniad, n. a uniting Uniaith, a. of one language Uniant, n. unity, union Uniawn, a. direct, straight; upright; just, perfect Unigedd, n. loneliness Unigol, a. single, singular; disunited Unigoldeb, n. singularty Unigrwydd, n. solitude Unionad, n. a straightening Uniondeb, n. rectitude Unionder, n. straightness Union-gred, n. orthodoxy Union-gyrch, a. of direct course Unioni, v. to straighten Unionred, a. of direct course Unionsyth, a. quite erect Unllaw, a. single-handed Unlle, Unman, n. one place: adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

uninteresting not uninstructive squib
Spangenberg's Grammatical War is a not uninteresting, not uninstructive squib, and the salt of it, or saltpetre of it, has not all evaporated after the lapse of some three centuries.
— from The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 by Basil L. (Basil Lanneau) Gildersleeve

until now universal suffrage
After the formation of the Constitution it remained, as before, the uniform usage for each State to enlarge the body of its electors according to its own judgment, and under this system one State after another has proceeded to increase the number of its electors, until now universal suffrage, or something very near it, is the general rule.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

understand no university statute
Gentlemen , Finding it impossible to obtain elsewhere in New England a thoroughly competent medical education, we hereby request permission to enter the Harvard Medical School on the same terms and under the same conditions as other students, there being, as we understand, no university statute to the contrary.
— from The Life of Sophia Jex-Blake by Graham Travers

understand not unfortunate so
His days have not only been few—that could be borne—but they have been 'evil' by which I understand not unfortunate so much as faulty.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers by Alexander Maclaren

uttering no uncertain sound
The trumpet, after thus uttering no uncertain sound, tailed off upon the word 'females.'
— from Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Arthur Quiller-Couch

us necessitated us showing
And now it seemed to both Juan and myself as though this man's assistance to us necessitated us showing some confidence in him; wherefore, very briefly, we gave him some description of why we were travelling together, and of how, because Juan had naught else of much importance to do at the outset of his arrival in Europe, he had elected to be my companion as far as Flanders.
— from Across the Salt Seas: A Romance of the War of Succession by John Bloundelle-Burton


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