释义 |
unaˈssayed, ppl. a. (un-1 8.)
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. iv. (1868) 42 Alwey to euery man þere is..somwhat þat vnassaied he ne wot not, or ellys he drediþ þat he haþ assaied. c1403Lydg. Temple Glas 1249 For vn-assaied men may no trouþe preue. 1513Douglas æneid viii. iv. 58 Na maner of wickitnes nor dissait Mycht be, that he ne durst nocht tak on hand, Ne onassait leif. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 195 b, Who leaveth no waye unassayed to accomplyshe his ambition. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 275 These good fellowes leave nothing unassaied, in the wished discovery of these fraudes. 1649Milton Eikon. xi. Wks. 1851 III. 427 To be ridd of these mortifying Propositions he leaves no tyrannical evasion unassaid. 1708Philips Cyder i. 362 They sedulously think To meliorate thy Stock; no Way, or Rule Be unassay'd. 1784Cowper Task iii. 451 To raise the prickly and green-coated gourd,..is an art..at this moment unassay'd in song. 1912Lady Burghclere Life Dk. Ormonde I. x. 317 He could not afford to leave unassayed any issue that promised escape. |