v. [UN-2 4. Cf. older Du. onttongen.] trans. To deprive of (the use of) the tongue; to render speechless.
1598. Florio, Dislinguare, to vntoong.
c. 1600. Chalkhill, Thealma & Cl., 3136. Speak he could not,… they had him quite untongued.
1628. Feltham, Resolves, II. lix. 170. It hath vntongued some on the sudden; and from some hath snatcht their naturall abilities.
1655. Fuller, Ch. Hist., XI. 218. Such … condemn him in keeping such a Diary about him in so dangerous days. Especially he ought to untongue it from talking to his prejudice.
