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unˈspoiled, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not despoiled or plundered; not taken as plunder.
c1500Melusine xxxvi. 256 None passed by the said Fortresse vnspoyled. 1513Life Hen. V (1911) 34 All Churches..shoulde be kepte inviolat, vnspoyled and vnharmed. 1577Dee General & Rare Mem. 4 Their Marchantlike Ships..may..pas quietly vnpilled, vnspoyled, and vntaken by Pyrates. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 268 The Bassa..began..with fire and sword to wast that part of the countrey which yet remained vnspoiled. 1697Dryden æneis xi. 890 Unspoil'd shall be her Arms, and unprofan'd Her holy Limbs with any Human Hand. 1802J. Baillie 2nd Pt. Ethwald i. ii, A land of peace! Where yellow fields unspoil'd..smile gladly. 1870Bryant Iliad v. I. 177 He left the corpse of Periphas unspoiled where he had fallen.
2. Not spoiled or deteriorated.
1732Pope Ep. Bathurst 226 O teach us, Bathurst! yet unspoil'd by wealth! That secret rare. 1746Collins Ode to Pity iv, He sung the female heart, With youth's soft notes unspoil'd by art. 1821V. Knox Grammar Schools 117 An unspoiled boy,..possessing talent and sensibility. 1860H. Marryat Resid. Jutland I. xiv. 209 The Castle of Rosenborg..is a fine specimen of the period, and is unspoiled by modern improvements. 1888Child Ballads III. 1/1 This precious specimen..of the unspoiled traditional ballad. |