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unˈvanquished, ppl. a. Also 4 vnuenkushid, 5 vnuenquiste, 6 Sc. unvencust, wnwencust, etc. [un-1 8.] Not vanquished or overcome; unsubdued.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. xviii. 1 God alone..dwelleth vnuenkushid king withoute ende. a1400Morte Arth. 2049 The vassalage of Viterbe to daye schalle be reuengede! Vnuenquiste for þis place voyde schalle I neuer! c1510More Picus Wks. 23 Enforce thy self..to stande, Unvainquished against the deuils might. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John xvi. 97 b, Ye shalbe through my spirite strong and vnuanquished. 1614Gorges Lucan vi. 221 Deare mates we yet vnuanquisht stand. 1697Dryden æneis v. 290 Unvanquished Scylla now alone remains. 1770Glover Leonidas (ed. 5) ii. 49 The gods conceal, how long our strength May stand unvanquish'd. 1820Shelley Prometh. Unb. i. 315 'Tis but some passing spasm, The Titan is unvanquished still. 1883J. Parker Apost. Life II. 279 Such an unvanquished devil mocks the impotent exorcist. |