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unˈcircumscribed, ppl. a. (un-1 8.)
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God x. xiii. 379 Hee desired to behold that cleare vncircumscribed nature [of God]. 1642Chas. I. Mess. both Houses 28 Apr. 3 So arbitrary and uncircumscribed a Power. a1672Sterry Freedom Will (1675) 12 The uncircumscribed Amplitude and Majesty of God. 1713Guard. No. 164 ⁋3 The Pow'r of Pluto stretches all around, Uncircumscrib'd by Nature's utmost Bound. 1798Monthly Mag. V. 280 They boast the proud recommendation of moral beauty, in the most extensive and uncircumscribed acceptation of the term. 1820Shelley Prometh. Unb. iii. iv. 194 The loathsome mask has fallen, the man remains Sceptreless, free, uncircumscribed. 1881Mrs. C. Praed Policy & P. I. 264 Imagination presented an uncircumscribed field of action. absol.1635A. Stafford Fem. Glory (1869) 184 Thou Circumscription (if I may so say) of the Uncircumscribed! Hence unˈcircumscribedness.
1679J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned i. ii. (1713) 27 The uncircumscribedness of the divine Goodness. |