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† unˈnumerable, a. Obs.
[un-1 7 b, 5 b.]
Innumerable.
c1400Brut 316 Men founden vnnumerable multitudes of hem [sc. sparrows] dede in feldes. c1440Alph. Tales 485 He was deseyvid be a fend þat promysid hym to gyff hym..ane vnnumerable porcion of gude. 1536in Songs, Carols, etc. (E.E.T.S.) 162 At þe Towr..þer was shott vnnumerable many gonnes. 1567Golding Ovid's Met. viii. (1593) 186 So winding waies Unnumerable Dædalus within his worke convays. 1611Cotgr., Innombrable, innumerable, vnnumerable.
Hence † unˈnumerableness. Also † unˈnumerably adv.
1565Cooper Thesaurus, Innumerabilitas, *vnnumerablenesse: passyng all number.
c1440Promp. Parv. 366/1 *Onnumerably, innumerabiliter. 1611Cotgr., Innumerablement, innumerably, vnnumerably. |