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undeˈfiled, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not rendered morally foul or impure; unpolluted, untainted.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 725 He com þyder ryȝt as a chylde, Harmlez, trwe & vnde-fylde. c1440J. Capgrave Life St. Kath. v. 576 He offred hym-selue on-to the fadyr of blis An oste ful clene, ondefiled with synne. 1504C'tess Richmond tr. De Imitatione iv. ii. (1893) 263 Lorde, kepe my herte and my body vndefyled. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 13 The law of the Lord (sayth he) is vndefiled, conuerting soules. 1628Sir W. Mure Spir. Hymne 16 That I may spreade thy praise, thy might, With heart pure, vndefyl'de. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacræ iii. iii. §7 He had a pure and undefiled soul. 1784Cowper Task iii. 260 Immortal Hale!..fam'd For sanctity of manners undefil'd. a1839Praed Legend of Drachenfels Poems 1864 I. 150 Thou, in whose all-searching sight No human thing is undefiled. 1851Froude Short Stud. (1867) I. 379 To..keep themselves if possible undefiled by so much as one corrupt thought.
absol.1611Bible Ps. cxix. 1 Blessed are the vndefiled in the way. Monsell Hymn, ‘God of that glorious gift’ v, Make him and keep him Thine own child, Meek follower of the Undefiled!
b. Sexually pure or unpolluted; chaste.
c1450Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 141 A mayd undefyled I hope he xal me preve. c1470Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1903) 4 Thove vergyne knight of whom we synge, Vn-Deffiled sithe thy begynnyng. 1531Elyot Gov. iii. xviii, But whan he knewe that they were of noble lignage, he sent them undefiled to their parentes and kynnes folke. 1539Cranmer Heb. xiii. 4 Wedlocke is to be had in honoure among all men, and the bed vndefyled. 1611Bible Wisd. xiv. 24 They kept neither liues nor mariages any longer vndefiled. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 761 Perpetual Fountain of Domestic sweets, Whose Bed is undefil'd and chast pronounc't. 1710Steele Tatler No. 210 ⁋6, I have lived a pure and undefiled Virgin these Twenty seven Years. 1793Cowper A Tale 6 Husband..and wife may boast Their union undefil'd. 1816Byron Siege Cor. xxvii, She is safe..In heaven;..Far from thee, and undefiled.
†2. Undefaced, unimpaired. Obs. rare.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 185 That mownte..in whom letters wryten [in dust] were founde vndefilede [L. illibatæ] at the end of the yere. c1460Oseney Reg. 14 And what-so-euer thyng..may be i-purchased, to þem or to þere successours..vnbroke and undefylyd [L. illibata] abyde.
3. Not rendered foul or dirty. Also fig.
1590Spenser F.Q. iv. ii. 32 Dan Chaucer, well of English vndefyled. 1660J. H[arding] Basil. Valent. Chariot Antim. 3 The Chaff being separated from the uncommix'd and undefiled Corn. 1718Lady M. W. Montagu Verses written in the Chiosk at Pera 34 The streams still murmur, undefil'd with rain. 1821Wordsw. Mem. Tour Continent xxxiii. 35 A sea-green river,..With current swift and undefiled. 1826Scott Woodst. ii, Perhaps it is a punishment on me, who thought the loyalty of my house was like undefiled ermine.
4. Not violated or desecrated.
1586J. Mush Life Margt. Clitherow in Morris Troub. Cath. Forefathers Ser. iii. (1877) 363 Insomuch as now not one Religious house standeth, not one altar unrased and undefiled. 1715Rowe Lady Jane Grey ii, Mercyful, great Defender! Preserve thy holy Altars undefil'd. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. cliv, In this eternal ark of worship undefiled. 1865C. M. Yonge Clever Woman I. ix. 225 He did think he had one lawn in the world undefiled by those horrible [croquet] hoops!
Hence undeˈfiledly adv.; undeˈfiledness.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. v. 24 But I wyll haue Matrimonye obserued more holyly and *vndefyledly amonge them that professe the new lawe. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xxxiv. 200 Wee cannot serue him vndefyledly, except wee bee separated from the defylings that are contrarie to him. 1868Nettleship Ess. Browning 215 Here only could he be led to yearn undefiledly..after truths.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. li. 8 God requireth *undefylednesse in the inward partes. 1657A. Farindon Serm. xiii. (1672) I. 274 The colours and Beauty of it [sc. religion]; first, in its Purity..; secondly, its Vndefiledness, having no pollution. |