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unˈseared, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not made sear; unwithered.
1599Thynne Animadv. (1875) 48 That is, (as some do expounde this worde vnseriall,) vnsered, vnsinged, vnwithered. 1829J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Nat. 102 Preserving..a portion of its foliage unseared by frosts. a1847Eliza Cook Like the Evergreen iii, It remaineth unseared in the deluge of light.
fig.1827Pollok Course T. iii. 153 The stripling youth of plump, unseared hope. 1863W. Lancaster Præterita 37 We'll keep a merry heart up still, Unsered, fresh, young, and callow.
2. Not made hard or callous.
1860Trench Serm. Westm. Abbey vi. 59 Many things which he would have shrunk back from at first, while his conscience was yet unseared. |