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▪ I. unˈfound, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 b, 8 c. Cf. ON. úfundinn, older Da. ufunden, Du. ongevonden.]
Not found; undiscovered. Also with out.
1584Lyly Campaspe v. ii, Content to lyue vnknowne, and die vnfounde. 1644Quarles Barnabas & B. (1651) 211 Being lost, hee seekes himselfe unfound, or findes himselfe unknowne. 1678Dryden & Lee Œdipus i. i, But for the Murderer's self, unfound by Man, Find him ye Pow'rs Cœlestial and Infernal. 1721Ramsay Content 316 More than seventy years..I've sought this court, till now unfound by me. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. cxxiv, Unfound the boon, unslaked the thirst. 1895Rider Haggard Heart of World xi, Our eyes might behold the greatest of these cities, sought for many generations but as yet unfound.
(b)1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. ii. (1626) 28 To farthest Earth affrighted Nilus fled; And there conceal'd his yet vnfound-out head.
▪ II. unˈfound, v.
(un-2 3.)
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. viii. (1869) 139 To a king it is thing reprouable..to vnfounde foundaciouns that hise auncestres hauen founded. |