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unˈdriven, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 b and 15. Cf. OE. undrifen.]
Not forced on by driving.
1615Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. x. vi, When maintenance and honour calls him, hee goes vndriuen. 1697Dryden æneis x. 499 The doubtful rack of heav'n Stands without motion, and the tyde undriv'n. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. 214 It shall sooner burst than voluntarily, uncompelled, undriven, dictate a measure that shall cast a slur..upon them. 1892M. Dods John II. xiii. 195 To stand before life as independent, unfettered, undriven men.
b. Of snow: (App. for driven ppl. a. 2).
1833Disraeli Cont. Fleming v. xxii, Its [Sunium's] columns against a dark cloud looked like undriven snow. 1865Gosse Land & Sea 195 The purity of the undriven snow. |