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unˈbribed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not bribed; not corrupted by bribery.
1607Tourneur Rev. Trag. i. ii, The justice Of that unbribed euerlasting law. 1646G. Daniel Poems Wks. (Grossart) I. 56 She commands Who ballanceth the world with unbrib'd hands. 1668Dryden Dram. Poesy Ess. (ed. Ker) I. 44 That praise or censure is certainly the most sincere, which unbribed posterity shall give us. 1733Pope Ess. Man iii. 158 Unbrib'd, unbloody, stood the blameless priest. 1796F. Burney Camilla V. 230 [He was] unbribed by the high praise of his son. 1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) II. 424 Two hundred unbribed witnesses agree in deposing that..he was seen by them at Prague. 1845Eliza Cook Old Man's Marvel xix, It [the heart] stands unbribed by an Eastern mine—For a ducat of dross 'tis bought and sold.
fig.1608Beaum. & Fl. Four Pl. in One Wks. 1912 X. 340 Have I not here enough to thank Heaven for?.. The water that I touch, unbrib'd with odours To make me sweet to others.
2. Not obtained or brought about by bribery.
1667R. Wild Poems (1870) 75 Unbribed loyalty! his highest reach Was to be Master Calamy, and preach. 1735Thomson Liberty i. 79 The commonweal inspiring every tongue With fervent eloquence, unbrib'd, and bold. 1781Cowper Hope 580 Paul's love of Christ, and steadiness unbrib'd. 1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) V. 93 Perjury, if unbribed, will be without a motive. |