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unconˈtrolled, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 and 5 b.]
1. Not subjected to control; unrestrained, ungoverned, unchecked:
a. In predicative use.
1513More Hist. Rich. III, Wks. 56 To rule..y⊇ realm at their pleasure, & therbi to pil and spoil whom thei list vncontroled. 1595Spenser Col. Clout 662 Happie..I him hold, That may that blessed presence still enioy, Of fortune and of enuy vncomptrold. 1614Gorges Lucan iv. 147 The coasts on both sides shall behold Valour vn-vanquisht vn⁓controld. 1655Nicholas Papers (Camden) II. 311 To suffer so greate a prodigy of baseness to goe vncontrolld, were an injury to humane society. a1718Prior Cloe Jealous x, Fall uncontroll'd my Tears, and free. 1755Young Centaur i, Thus the sluices are set open for all sensuality..to pour in uncontrouled. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India III. 541 The whole of India would fall under the dominion of one Governor, unassisted and uncontrolled. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 332 Possessing no very near relatives, she was uncontrolled as to her..mode of life.
b. In attributive use.
c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. (1823) lxxv. ii, Then [will I] denounce my uncontrolled pleasure. a1592Greene Selimus 961 Or have the uncontrolled Christians Unsheath'd their swords to make more war on us? 1614Markham Cheap Husb. i. i. 2 He withstandeth all effects of sicknesse, with vncontroled constancy. 1660Gentl. Calling 46 The Affections..will have as free and uncontrolled a sway in men, as they have in meer animals. 1742Richardson Pamela IV. 56 An Example to all who know him and his uncontrouled Temper. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. ii. (1778) I. 156 They flattered themselves that now they should enjoy an uncontrouled liberty. 1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 745 note, The spleen..broke out with uncontrolled bitterness in..the Third Canto. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 112 The uncontrolled licence and freedom of the democrat.
†2. Not checked by comparison with facts; untested as to accuracy. Obs.
1529More Suppl. Souls Wks. 297/2 Sith he knoweth hys tale false: it is wisdome to leue the time vnknowen, that hys lye may bee vncontrolled. 1584in Cath. Rec. Soc. Publ. V. 81 To make this slaunder more probable, Or at the lest to be the longer uncontrowled.
†3. Not called in question; not gainsaid or disproved; undisputed. Obs.
1534More Comf. agst. Trib. iii. Wks. 1223/2 If he perceyued that they sayde but the trouthe, he woulde lette it passe by, vncontrolled. 1591Troub. Raigne K. John ii. (1611) 86 Faire Lewis of Fraunce..Hath title of an vncontrouled strength To England. 1672–5T. Comber Comp. Temple (1702) 44 The main part of them is genuine, as the uncontrouled Tradition of the Eastern Church assures us. 1724Swift Drapier's Lett. 14 Dec., I ever thought it the most uncontrouled and universally agreed maxim. 1731― Let. to Ventoso 28 Apr., It is an uncontrolled truth.
Hence unconˈtrolledly adv.
1579J. Knewstub Confut. To Rdr., The sinnes of our Countrey..are done so openly and so vncontrolledly in the sight of the Lord. 1667J. Flavel Saint Indeed (1754) 17 To let thy heart habitually and uncontrouledly wander from God. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 559 Men commonly place it in a license to do uncontrolledly whatever their desires..shall prompt them to. 1855Doran Queens of Eng. I. ix. 400 Uncontrolledly exercising the power she had attained. |