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undeˈfended, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
†1. Not forbidden. Obs.
1399Gower Praise of Peace 223 We..soeffrin every lond To slen ech other as thing undefendid. 1598Florio, Indiffeso, vndefended, not forbidden.
2. Not defended or guarded; unprotected.
1564Dorman Proofe Cert. Articles Relig. 28 b, Why haue they left him so long vndefended, who did no other thing then whereof them selues wer the authors. 1660Jer. Taylor Ductor i. iv. rule 2 §22 If a sober man shall stand alone unarm'd, undefended, or unprovided, and shall tell that he will make the Sun stand still. 1687Dryden Hind & P. iii. 626 The rest were strugling still with death, and lay The Crows and Ravens rights, an undefended prey. 1795Burke Let. to W. Elliot Wks. VII. 363 Property, left undefended by principles, became a repository of spoils to tempt cupidity. 1810Crabbe Borough i. 136 There stands a cottage with an open door, Its garden undefended blooms before. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey I. 200 [A] bridge..with a single lofty arch undefended by a parapet.
3. Law.
a. Not defended; not assisted by legal defence.
1607Cowell Interpr., Informatus non sum, is a formall aunswer or of course made by an atturney,..by the which he is deemed to leaue his client vndefended. 1832Miss Mitford Village v. (1863) 323 The judge..hearing that he was a voluntary witness for the undefended prisoner, proceeded to question him. 1900Daily News 4 May 5/5 The accused is undefended.
b. Against which no defence is raised.
1898Daily News 26 July 8/7 The undefended petition of Major..for a divorce. 1899Ibid. 4 May 8/4 Action was brought against him..and was undefended. |