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unaˈrrested, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. MDu. ongearresteert.]
1. Not arrested or apprehended.
c1400Beryn 2188, I woll..assay, yf I may, in eny maner wise, Ascapen vnarestid more in suche maner wise. 1498,1531[see unattached ppl. a. 1]. 1533More Apol. 259 b, By thys pacyfyers good deuyse, heretykes maye go unarrested. 1611Cotgr., Descalengé, vnarrested, vnapprehended. 1891E. Kinglake Australian at Home 77 The wife of a certain unarrested absconder was observed to have command of plenty of money.
2. Not stopped or checked.
1733Tull Horse-Hoeing Husb. xiv. 199 The under Stratum must be the richer for receiving what the upper Stratum lets pass Unarrested. 1859Tennent Ceylon II. vii. v. 197 The temples of Kandy..are dilapidated edifices, apparently perishing from unarrested decay. 1869G. Lawson Dis. Eye (1874) 79 If the disease be unarrested by treatment, the whole pupillary margin becomes sealed to the lens capsule. |