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unˈstinted, ppl. a. (un-1 8: see stint v.)
1480Cov. Leet Bk. 438 Þe seid Maire & Recordor maynteyn the..Frankleyns of þe Forreins..contynually to go vnstynted, and the Comons of the Cite be stynted, no man to passe his rate. 1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 41 To all such..as should oppose against his Soveraigntie and unstinted power. 1622Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 24 A general Law unstinted and unbounded. a1711Ken Hymn Festiv. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 410 Saints..crop unstinted Shares In the twelve pleasant Fruits it bears. 1740Somerville Hobbinolia iii. 29 With unstinted Joy His Heart o'erflows. 1811Scott Don Roderick i. ix, Lands, where the near Sun Gives with unstinted boon ethereal flame. 1877‘H. A. Page’ De Quincey II. xvi. 20 His unstinted, if not reckless liberality. Hence unˈstintedly adv.
1849Rock Ch. of Fathers I. i. 8 Both these prelates borrowed unstintedly from the book of St. Osmund. 1883Standard 13 April 6/4 General Angus..condemns the management unstintedly. |