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unˈransomed, ppl. a.
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1554in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 415 If the said silver platte be..unranesomid or redemid of the owners. 1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1605) X 4 b, They are charitable among them selves, leaving no poore vnrelieved, no prisoner vnransomed. a1625Fletcher Hum. Lieut. ii. iv, 1 Gent. Do you grieve, we are come off? Dem. Unransom'd, was it? 2 Gent. It was, Sir. 1669Earl of Orrery Parthen. iii. vi. 96 Giving me an unransomed Liberty. 1791Cowper Iliad xxiv. 151 The Gods..say..that he still detains Amid his fleet..Unransom'd Hector. 1813Scott Rokeby iv. vi, Safe and unransom'd [he] sent them home. 1877–9Ruskin St. Mark's Rest vii. §80 The Norman chief sent them home unransomed. |