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unreˈturned, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not having returned or come back.
1589Reg. Privy Council Scot. IV. 428 The Chancellair..being yit unreturned oute of Lauder. 1600Fairfax Tasso xv. xxvi, They whom storme hath forced that way sence, Are drowned all, or vnreturn'd from thence. 1802Noble Wanderers I. 131 Selisme was still unreturned:—..my suspicions gained strength. 1885W. Watson Sonn., Soudanese 13 Thousands that weep their warriors unreturn'd.
2. That is not reciprocated or responded to.
a1643S. Godolphin Constancy i, Love unreturn'd, howe'er the flame Seem great and pure, may [etc.]. 1710Addison Tatler No. 250 ⁋10 Supercilious Looks, unreturned Smiles. 1766Goldsm. Hermit xvii, Dost thou..grieve for friendship unreturned? 1820Scott Monast. xx, I..will brook no insult unreturned. 1896McClure's Mag. VI. 492 The proud and unreturned gaze of the dead who have died in their glory. |