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unˈtired, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Not tired or exhausted; unwearied.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, iv. ii, 44 Hath he so long held out with me, vntyr'd, And stops he now for breath? 1616W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. i. 10 The great effects of vntirde industry. a1660Contemp. Hist. Irel. (Ir. Archæol. Soc.) II. 21 Greate is the preparation, by thunderinge proclamations and untyred poastes to and fro. 1753Hanway Trav. iii. xxxviii. (1762) I. 175 With..untired attention he applied himself to business. 1799Wordsw. Influence Nat. Obj. 32 Exulting like an untired horse That cares not for his home. 1839T. Mitchell Frogs of Aristoph. 651 note, The canary, with its untired throat and labyrinth of sounds. 1889A. Lang Lett. Lit. iii. (ed. 2) 37 The poor have..in him an untired advocate and friend.
b. Const. by, with, and † of.
1600Fairfax Tasso i. lii, Vnfear'd in fight, vntir'd with hurt or wound. 1624Heywood Gunaik. v. 226 Most patient of labour, untyred with travell. 1698Atterbury Serm. (1734) IV. 235 When the Mind is fresh and vigorous, untired with the Business of the Day. 1802H. Martin Helen of Glenross III. 139, I am still untired of sight or visits. 1813Byron Corsair i. xii, Unmoved by absence,..And yet..untired by time. 1839Arnold in Stanley Life (1844) II. 175, I was so perfectly untired by my past work.
Hence unˈtiredly adv.
1855Faber Growth in Holiness xxvi. 481 Fervour..thus immediately and untiredly..works at present duties. |