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▪ I. unˈfelt, ppl. a. (un-1 8 b. Cf. Du. ongevoeld, G. ungefühlt.)
a1586Sidney Astr. & Stella Sonn. xxiv, Let him, depriu'd of sweet but vnfelt ioyes,..grow in only folly rich! 1595Daniel Civ. Wars v. xcvii, Whilst Talbot..Carries his vnfelt age as if forgot. 1607Chapman Bussy d'Ambois iii. ii, O, 'tis a subtle knave; how like the plague Unfelt he strikes into the brain of man. 1681Dryden Abs. & Achit. i. 693 Thus, form'd by Nature, furnished out with Arts, He glides unfelt into their secret hearts. 1742Gray Adversity 8 Purple Tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. 1814Wordsw. Excurs. iv. 456 Nor is its power Unfelt among the sedentary fowl That seek yon pool. 1883Parker Apost. Life II. 192 He was writhing in an unfelt and unknown agony. absol.1886A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889) 487 Few have been destitute of some theory respecting the unseen and unfelt. Hence † unˈfeltly adv. Obs.
1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. iii. Law 107 Into his brest he blowes A banefull ayre, whose strength unfeltly flowes Through all his veins. ▪ II. unˈfelt, v. (un-2 4 b.)
1611Florio, Disfeltráre, to vnfelt. 1656W. Dugard tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. 135 Having unfelted the hair [the barber] partly polleth it with scisers. |