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uncoˈmmanded, ppl. a.
[un-2 8.]
1. Not ordered to be done or observed.
14..Chaucer's Parl. Foules 518 (Camb. MS.), For office vncommaundet full ofte anoyth. 1538Bale Thre Lawes 1682 In vayne offer yow that vncommaunded seruyce. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. iv. vii. §5 Except the one doe auoid whatsoeuer Rites and Ceremonies vncommanded of God the other doth embrace. 1643Let. from Grave Gentleman 3 The People, engaged..under Pretence of an uncommanded protestation. 1692South Serm. (1697) I. 39 Those affected, uncommanded, absurd Austerities,..exercised by some of the Romish Profession. 1723Atterbury Serm. (1726) I. x. 352 They were, I say, Uncommanded Instances of Virtue. 1794Mrs. Piozzi Synon. II. 323 Such uncommanded seclusion is evil for society.
2. Not ordered to do something.
1534More Comf. agst. Trib. iii. Wks. 1224/1 That they maye..commaunde and controlle other menne, and liue vncommaunded them selfe. a1586Sidney Arcadia v. (1598) 449 Pardon me most honoured Iudge, saith he, that vncommaunded I begin my speech vnto you. 1646Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civil Warres vi. 54 Lewis after this commanded his men to retire; and Edwards men forthwith withdrew uncommanded. a1667Cowley On Death W. Hervey i, My eyes with Tears did uncommanded flow. a1716Bp. O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. 133 If any private Soldier quits his Station, and runs himself uncommanded upon a dangerous Adventure, he deserves Reproof.
3. Not dominated or overlooked (by something).
1693Mem. Ct. Teckely iii. 56 Being seated upon an inaccessible Rock uncommanded,..a few Men might be able to defend it against a great Army. 1821Byron Sardan. v. i, The river's broad and swoln, and uncommanded..by these besiegers. 1829Scott Anne of G. xv, It was in a corner,..uncommanded by any of the angles of the fortification.
Hence uncoˈmmandedness.
1646Hammond Tracts Pref., Perswading themselves and others..that the uncommandednesse of any thing induces that excesse. |