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unoˈffended, ppl. a. (un-1 8.)
1481Cov. Leet Bk. 494 That, his highnes vnoffended, we here..may procede amonges our-self to the determinacion therin. 1598Florio, Inoffeso, vnoffended, vntoucht, vnwrongd. 1633Bp. Hall Occas. Medit. lii. 124 The Bee stings..when she is provoked; these draw blood, unoffended, and sting for their owne pleasure. 1673[R. Leigh] Transp. Reh. 84 Reverence..might perhaps occasion more sport then a man..could brook unoffended. 1749Johnson Irene v. ii, This gen'ral calm Is sure the smile of unoffended heav'n. 1782V. Knox Ess. c. (1819) II. 218 It is the common people,..unoffended and unoffending, who chiefly suffer in the evil consequences. 1809Malkin Gil Blas vii. v. ⁋4 They, with unoffended nostrils, were engaged in general conversation, though they dined individually. Hence unoˈffendedly adv.
1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. IV. v. xx. §28 They were both of them..to behold unoffendedly all that was upon the earth. |