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unsubˈdued, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
1590Spenser F.Q. iii. iii. 38 T'afflict the other Saxons vnsubdewd. a1628F. Grevil Sidney (1652) 99 The yet unsubdued Princes of Germany. c1630Sanderson Serm. II. 312 There may lurk in our hearts some secret noysome lust undiscovered, and so unsubdued. 1712Blackmore Creation iv. 9 If dread of death still unsubdued remains. 1794S. Williams Vermont 170 His passions unsubdued, undisciplined. 1831James Phil. Augustus II. iv, The still unsubdued terror of the bishop. 1863Conington Horace, Odes iv. xiv. 8 They know thee now, thy strength in war, Those unsubdued Vindelici.
absol.1835Milman Nala & Damayanti 32 In his wicked thought the dastard—her yet powerless to subdue, On the unsubdued stood gazing.
Hence unsubˈduedness.
a1665Goodwin Filled w. the Spirit vi. (1670) 141 Weakness in Faith,..unsubduedness of the Flesh. a1732T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 165 Unsubduedness of spirit. 1839Pusey in Liddon Life (1893) II. 142 Vanity, unsubduedness, self in some form, has been the source of all heresy. 1878Abp. Benson Let. in Life (1901) 176 It is, I am afraid, interior unsubduedness. |