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unˈaltered, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Unchanged. Of an animal: not castrated.
1551Recorde Pathw. Knowl. i. v, Then do I set one foote of the compas vnaltered in D, and stretch the other in the circular line. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. liv. §5 Neyther are..the state and qualitie of our substance so vnaltered, but that there are in it many glorious effects proceeding from so neere copulation with deitie. 1615Chapman Odyss. v. 148 Affirming that th' unaltered Destinies..have decreed he shall not die. 1653W. Ramesey Astrol. Restored 226 The Government or Rule then setled shall continue firm and unaltered 57 years. 1763Sir W. Jones Caissa Poems, etc. (1777) 131 In one unalter'd line they tempt the fight. 1796F. Burney Camilla IV. 302, I should have assured you of my unaltered regard. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xix. IV. 315 The valuation made in 1692 has remained unaltered down to our own time. 1882Minchin Unipl. Kinemat. 27 The distance between them being altered or unaltered. 1946H. A. Smith Rhubarb ii. 28 An unaltered cat is by nature inclined to wildness. 1967A. Lewin Unaltered Cat ii. iv. 117 Have you ever tried keeping an unaltered cat in an apartment? |