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unˈbroke, ppl. a.
[var. of next.]
1. = unbroken ppl. a. 1.
a1325MS. Rawl. B. 520 fol. 31 b, Þulke þat we graunteden to holde..in þe forme hol bi-forseide ant vnbroke. c1460Oseney Reg. 14 Ordeynyng þat all maner possessions..to þem, and to þere successours sure and vnbroke abyde. Ibid. 161 Þat sure and vnbroke hit abide. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, iv. i. 215 God keepe all Vowes vnbroke are made to thee. a1637B. Jonson Underw., to Browne, See, that thou By off'ring not more sureties, than inow, Hold thyne owne worth unbroke.
2. = unbroken ppl. a. 2. Also fig.
1632Lithgow Trav. v. 182 These Iarres are all..interlarded with pitch to preserue the earthen vessels vnbroke a sunder. 1725Pope Odyss. viii. 149 How broad his shoulders spread! By age unbroke! 1762Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 43, I..return it with the seal unbroke, as the clearest demonstration that I never have read the contents of it. 1805Scott Last Minstr. iv. xxi, Unbroke by age, erect his seat. 1845Longfellow Arrow iii, Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke.
3. = unbroken ppl. a. 4.
a1716Addison tr. Horace iii. iii, Wild from the desart and unbroke: In vain they foam'd. 1743Francis tr. Hor., Odes ii. v. 1 See, thy Heifer's yet unbroke To the Labours of the Yoke. 1810Southey Kehama viii. ii, His neck unbroke to mortal yoke, Like Nature free the Steed must be. 1842Borrow Bible in Spain xix, He was a black Andalusian stallion,..unbroke, savage, and furious. 1865Tom Taylor Ballads & Songs of Brittany 172 An unbroke filly.
4. = unbroken ppl. a. 5.
1793Wordsw. Evening Walk 429 The scene is waken'd, yet its peace unbroke, By silver'd wreaths of quiet charcoal smoke. 1808Scott Marm. iii. vi, All gaz'd at length in silence drear, Unbroke, save when..Some yeoman..whisper'd forth his mind. 1816Byron Siege Cor. xi, That deep silence was unbroke, Save where the watch his signal spoke. |