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▪ I. unˈbended, ppl. a.1 [f. unbend v.] Relaxed.
1693Humours Town A 6 b, If it does but Contribute to your Diversion, at your more unbended Hours. 1745Eliza Heywood Female Spect. No. 10 (1748) II. 192 The constantly chearful and entertaining companion of his more unbended moments. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. ii, His features were a little unbended. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 89 ⁋12 A wise and good man is never so amiable as in his unbended and familiar intervals. ▪ II. unˈbended, ppl. a.2 [un-1 8.] Not bent.
1648Hexham ii, Onbesweken, Vnbowed, or Vnbended. 1726Pope Odyss. xxi. 62 She..To the proud Suitors bears in pensive state Th' unbended bow, and arrows wing'd with Fate. |