unsettle
unsettle
v. trans.
P. and V. τᾰράσσειν, συντᾰράσσειν, θράσσειν (Plat. but rare P.); see disturb, agitate.
v. trans.
P. and V. τᾰράσσειν, συντᾰράσσειν, θράσσειν (Plat. but rare P.); see disturb, agitate.
UNSETTLE
To make uncertain or fluctuating (of what had been fixed) alicui dubitationem injicere (to instill doubts into anybody’s mind): aliquid ad or in incertum revocare: aliquid in dubium vocare or revocare (to make anything doubtful). To leave anything unsettled aliquid in medio or in dubio or in incerto relinquere.
To disturb or unhinge the mind alicujus mentem or animum perturbare (to perplex agitate etc.): animum loco et certo de statu demovere (to unsettle it by a sudden shock Cic.).
To bring into disorder turbare (e.g. statum civitatis): perturbare (stronger; e.g. civitatem): miscere (to turn topsy-turvy; e.g. rempublicam). To unsettle every thing omnia perturbare or miscere.
To make uncertain or fluctuating (of what had been fixed) alicui dubitationem injicere (to instill doubts into anybody’s mind): aliquid ad or in incertum revocare: aliquid in dubium vocare or revocare (to make anything doubtful). To leave anything unsettled aliquid in medio or in dubio or in incerto relinquere.
To disturb or unhinge the mind alicujus mentem or animum perturbare (to perplex agitate etc.): animum loco et certo de statu demovere (to unsettle it by a sudden shock Cic.).
To bring into disorder turbare (e.g. statum civitatis): perturbare (stronger; e.g. civitatem): miscere (to turn topsy-turvy; e.g. rempublicam). To unsettle every thing omnia perturbare or miscere.
unsettle:
I. To make uncertain (that which has been fixed, determined):
1. dŭbium făcio, fēci, factum, 3: you u. a matter by no means doubtful by arguing upon it, rem minime dubiam argumentando dubiam facis, Cic. N. D. 3, 4, 10.
2. expr. by Phr.: the rights of citizenship, the title of property of all kinds wilt be u.d, civitatis jus, bona, fortunae possessionesque in dubium incertumque revocabuntur, id. Caecin. 27, 76. To be u.d, ad incertum revocari, ib. 13, 38; in dubium vocari (to be called in question): cf. Cic. de Inv. 2, 28, 84. To leave u.d, in medio relinquere, Cic. Coel. 20, 48; incertum relinquere, id. Mur. 32, 68. To u. any one's opinion, movere alicujus sententiam, id. Att. 7, 3; aliquem de sententia deducere, id. Tusc. 2, 25, 60. To go away with the affair u.d, re infecta abire, Liv. 9, 32.
II. Of the mind (to instil doubts, scruples, etc.):
1. dubium facio: to u. the mind, d. f. animum, Cic. Leg. Man. 10, 27:
2. dŭbĭtātiōnem affĕro, injĭcio: v.DOUBT . To become u.d, sententiâ desistere, id. Tusc. 1, 19, 63. To be u.d, fluctuo, 1: v. WAVER , RESTLESS .
III. Of the mind (to disturb, agitate): to u. the mind, animum loco et certo de statu demovere, id. Caecin. 15, 42. To u. thoroughly, perturbo, 1, id. Or. 37, 128: commŏveo, 2: ăgĭto, 1: v.TO DISQUIET .
IV. Of things (to bring into disorder, confusion):
1. turbo, 1: take care that he does not u. anything, ne quid ille turbet vide, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1.
2. perturbo, 1: to u. the province, p. provinciam, id. Sull. 20, 56.
3. misceo, ui, mistum or mixtum, 2: to u. the state, rem publicam m., id. Agr. 2, 33, 91.
I. To make uncertain (that which has been fixed, determined):
1. dŭbium făcio, fēci, factum, 3: you u. a matter by no means doubtful by arguing upon it, rem minime dubiam argumentando dubiam facis, Cic. N. D. 3, 4, 10.
2. expr. by Phr.: the rights of citizenship, the title of property of all kinds wilt be u.d, civitatis jus, bona, fortunae possessionesque in dubium incertumque revocabuntur, id. Caecin. 27, 76. To be u.d, ad incertum revocari, ib. 13, 38; in dubium vocari (to be called in question): cf. Cic. de Inv. 2, 28, 84. To leave u.d, in medio relinquere, Cic. Coel. 20, 48; incertum relinquere, id. Mur. 32, 68. To u. any one's opinion, movere alicujus sententiam, id. Att. 7, 3; aliquem de sententia deducere, id. Tusc. 2, 25, 60. To go away with the affair u.d, re infecta abire, Liv. 9, 32.
II. Of the mind (to instil doubts, scruples, etc.):
1. dubium facio: to u. the mind, d. f. animum, Cic. Leg. Man. 10, 27:
2. dŭbĭtātiōnem affĕro, injĭcio: v.
III. Of the mind (to disturb, agitate): to u. the mind, animum loco et certo de statu demovere, id. Caecin. 15, 42. To u. thoroughly, perturbo, 1, id. Or. 37, 128: commŏveo, 2: ăgĭto, 1: v.
IV. Of things (to bring into disorder, confusion):
1. turbo, 1: take care that he does not u. anything, ne quid ille turbet vide, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1.
2. perturbo, 1: to u. the province, p. provinciam, id. Sull. 20, 56.
3. misceo, ui, mistum or mixtum, 2: to u. the state, rem publicam m., id. Agr. 2, 33, 91.