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unconˈfused, ppl. a. (un-1 8 and 5 b.)
1609J. Davies Holy Roode G 3 b, Ye vnconfused orders Angellick In order come to take this Blood effuz'd. 1635Jackson Creed viii. vi. §3 The diversity of these two natures might still remaine unconfused without diversity of persons. a1676Hales Prim. Orig. Man. i. ii. (1677) 56 In that it is more distinct and unconfused than the sensitive Memory. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 304 When we see qualities affecting our senses, we may have an unconfused idea of something exerting them. 1853Ruskin Stones Ven. II. vi. §97. 222 A few of the most common forms are represented, unconfused by exterior mouldings. 1882Edin. Rev. Oct. 344 He keeps his eyes open and his senses unconfused by prejudice or sentiment. Hence unconˈfusedly adv.
1655Marquis of Worcester Cent. Inv. §42 To write..by these three Senses as perfectly, distinctly and unconfusedly, yea as readily as by the sight. 1690Locke Hum. Und. iv. vii. §4 He knows them distinctly and unconfusedly one from another. 1709Berkeley Th. Vision §50 To treat accurately and unconfusedly of vision. |