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unˈpropped, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
1616W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. v. 342, I have beheld A widow vine stand, in a naked field,..Unpropt, unsuccoured, by stake or tree. 1675Otway Alcibiades v. i, When success me to my wishes calls, I'll shake him off, and then unpropt he falls. 1700Dryden Meleager & Atalanta 132 The Nerves no more sustain The Bulk; the Bulk unprop'd, falls headlong on the Plain. 1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 396 The ceremony of an oath in its pure state, unpropped by that support. 1827Pollok Course T. ii. 740 He..tried to stand Alone, unpropped, to be obliged to none. |