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▪ I. unˈquiet, n.
[un-1 12, 5 b.]
Absence or want of quiet; disquiet, disturbance.
1551in Froude Hist. Eng. (1860) V. 328 Occasions of disorder and unquiet in the realm. 1592Kyd Sp. Trag. iii. xv. 23 Nor dies Reuenge, although he sleepe awhile; For in vnquiet quietnes is faind. 1613Sherley Trav. Persia 106 [It] did aggrauate both the griefe of my minde and unquiet of my bodie. 1668Pepys Diary 10 Jan., The unquiet which her ripping up of old faults will give me. 1746Eliza Heywood Female Spect. No. 23 (1748) IV. 258 The cause of his own unquiet, and of that of one so dear to him. 1862‘Shirley’ (J. Skelton) Nugæ Crit. i. 48 The unquiet and unrest of the day are gradually subdued as the evening descends. 1887Spectator 1 Oct. 1300 The unquiet of the sea.
▪ II. unˈquiet, a.
[un-1 7, 5 b.]
1. Marked by unrest, disturbance, or disorder.
1523[Coverdale] Old God & New (1534) A j, In this so vnquiet & troblous estate of comen weales. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. IV, 32 b, The end of the vnquiet tyme of kyng Henry the fourth. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 68 Their vnquiet Country,..lying twixt two great Kings, is a prey many times to the Turke or Persian. 1674Essex Papers (Camden) I. 191, I have..written at large.. concerning y⊇ unquiet motions which have of late bin in this Citty. 1743Johnson's Debates (1787) II. 340 Measures which could produce no other effect than that of making their reign unquiet. 1796M. Robinson Angelina III. 36 That I should not fear to sleep alone in the very apartments which were supposed to be unquiet. 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. 126 Some relics of those picturesque but unquiet days. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 253 Temple himself, as was his wont in unquiet times, retired to his garden.
2. Not disposed to be quiet or inactive; restless, active, stirring (esp. so as to cause trouble).
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 2 b, This worlde..is and euer shall be vnquiet. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 442 Vnquiet and troublesome persons. a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 327 The more unquiet sort being..worn out and spent, the rest..came to a composition with the Emperor. 1697Walsh Dryden's Virg. Past. Pref. ⁋1 We..can scarcely pass..a whole Day not ruffled by some unquiet Passion. 1701Swift Contests Nobles & Comm. iv, Those hot, unquiet spirits, who disturb assemblies. 1719― Abstr. Hist. Eng. Wks. 1841 I. 545 Those perpetual troubles and vexations given to his kingdom by that unquiet people. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vii. II. 253 The daring, unquiet, and vindictive seaman now sate in the councils. 1871Smiles Charac. vii. 202 France has been the unquiet spirit among the nations of Europe.
b. In a state of physical unrest or commotion. Also in fig. context.
1535Coverdale 2 Esdras xvi. 12 Y⊇ see aryseth up.., and the floudes of it are vnquyete. 1627J. Taylor (Water P.) Navy of Land Ships Wks. (1630) 87/1 The tossing of the billow, and vnquiet surges of the sea. 1644Milton Educ. 2 To be tost and turmoild..in fadomles and unquiet deeps of controversie. 1707Mortimer Husb. 598 In case the Liquor [sc. cider in a cask] be unquiet. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §293 They found the sea so unquiet about the rocks, that [etc.]. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xlix. (1856) 466 On every side..are the unquiet grinding floes. 1863Conington Hor., Odes iv. xii. 1 The gales of Thrace, that hush the unquiet Sea.
c. Not still or silent.
1655Stanley Hist. Philos. iii. 45, I sent away the women lest they should be so unquiet.
3. Uneasy, perturbed, anxious:
a. Of persons, the mind, look, etc.
1535Coverdale Ps. xli. 5 O my soule,..why art thou so vnquiete within me? 1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. ix. 25 Being unquiet and greatly greeued at their falshood. a1628Sir J. Beaumont Bosw. Field, etc. (1629) 71 Whose counsels make men draw vnquiet breath. c1698Locke Cond. Underst. §6 (1754) 28 The mind..hastens to some hypothesis to bottom it on; till then it is unquiet and unsettled. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 187, I slept unquiet. 1740Richardson Pamela II. 185 As the Hours grew on..my silly Heart was the unquieter. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. II. 73 A countenance visibly unquiet and confused. 1831James Phil. Augustus i. viii, Walking up and down the hall, with an unquiet and some⁓what irritated air. 1871Palgrave Lyr. Poems 98 On the eve of the marriage morrow The bride is unquiet by night.
b. Of states or conditions.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 199 The vnquiet estate of a tyrant. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 610 Guagida betwixt two stooles had vnquiet sitting, paying tribute [etc.]. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. v. viii, The unquiet Pleasure that the sight of the Stars gives to this Child. 1679Establ. Test 18 That insecurity..makes..their dayes unquiet. 1772W. Buchan Dom. Med. 574 His sleep is unquiet with frightful dreams. 1802Wordsw. Excurs. i. 873 Nine long years, She lingered in unquiet widowhood. 1844Lytton in Life & Lett. (1883) I. 115, I cried myself into an unquiet doze.
▪ III. unˈquiet, v.
[un-2 3. Cf. inquiet v.]
trans. To disturb the quiet of; to disquiet.
Common c 1525–c 1625; also occurring in recent use.
1382Wyclif Acts xv. 19 For which thing I deme hem..for to be not vnquyetid, or disesid. 1407Exam. Wm. of Thorpe (MS. Rawl. C. 208) fol. 21, My conscience schulde euer be herwiþ ouer mesure vnquyetid. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 15 b, These irefull thoughtes..neuer ceaseth to vnquiet and trouble the same. 1540Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 38 §1 The usurped power of the Bishop of Rome, hathe..unquietid..the subjectis of the same. 1576Lambarde Peramb. Kent 322 They gaue him both othes and hostages to depart the Realme, and neuer after to vnquiet it. 1602Warner Alb. Eng. xii. lxxiii. 304 Thus erring Rome..will our christian World vnqueate. 1648Gage West Ind. xii. 80 Who thought it safer sleeping in a whole skinne, then to be unquieted by fighting.
Hence unˈquieted ppl. a., unˈquieting vbl. n.
1538in Lett. Illustrious Ladies (1846) III. 39, I was then half unquieted..all day. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. IV, 20 To the great displeasure and long vnquieting of kyng Henry and his partakers. 1562T. Wilson Rhet. (ed. 2) 72 b, The gentleman..departed with an vnquieted minde. |