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uninˈvited, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
1631Massinger Emperor East iv. v, Thou uninvited guest,..I charge thee, leave me! 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xvii. 112 The great Advantage..of freeing themselves from uninvited Companions. 1702Vanbrugh False Friend iii. ii, That thought comes uninvited. Then, like an uninvited guest, let it be treated: Begone intruder. 1796F. Burney Camilla IV. 183 [There] he had spend the night, though uninvited by its agitated owner. 1840Hood Up Rhine 241 Uninvited and unannounced, an unceremonious visitor stepped boldly into the room. 1882Mayne Reid in N. York Tribune 21 June, All uninvited people would be looked upon as intruders.
Hence uninˈvitedly adv.
1669Earl of Orrery Parthen. iii. v. 11 Uninvitedly I came to participate in their Glory. 1882E. W. Hamilton Diary 12 May (1972) I. 272 The Government..could not fail to take heed of information tendered to them uninvitedly. |