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undiˈsputed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 and 5 b.]
1. Not disputed or argued with. rare—1.
1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 2034/2 So in the end, the bishop making to our ambassadours good countenaunce,..dismissed them vndisputed wythall.
2. Not disputed or called in question.
a1625Fletcher Nice Valour iv. i, That if my anger chance let fall a stroke,..Yet it may pass unmurmur'd, undisputed. a1698Temple Ess. Pop. Discontents Wks. 1720 I. 261 This Moral Principle..is certainly the most undisputed. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. vi. §5 If a man assent to the undisputed books, he is no longer an infidel. 1781Cowper Truth 527 Let heathen worthies..Possess, for me, their undisputed lot. 1844Kinglake Eothen viii, Her superiority over all others..remained undisputed. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt Introd., A man who..held a position of easy, undisputed authority. |