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▪ I. unˈweary, a.
[OE. unwériᵹ (un-1 7).]
Not weary (of); free from weariness; unwearied.
c893K. ælfred Oros. v. xi. §4 Þæt mon þæt fæsten bræce, & on fuhte dæᵹes & nihtes, simle an legie æfter oþerre un⁓weriᵹ. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 76 Drince þonne on niht nistiᵹ, þreo full fulle; þonne bið he sona unweriᵹ. a1340Hampole Psalter xvii. 37 Þou has gifen me vnwery brennynge to wirke þe goed and put away slawnes. c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 410 If harme agree me wher-to pleyne I þanne? I not ne whi vnweri þat I feynte. c1425Orolog. Sapient. ii. 20 in Anglia X. 339 In to whomme angeles desyrene to loke and beholde with vnwerye felicite. c1475Cath. Angl. 414/2 (A.), Vn Wery, jndefessus. 1606Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. Magnificence 168 With unweary limb, Wade thorough Foords, and over Chanels swim. 1659R. Eedes Christ's Exalt. Ep. Ded., He set himself to the serious study of the Hebrew tongue when he was 40 years old, and such was his unweary industry, that [etc.]. 1818Milman Samor ix. 183 If thine eternal thunderbolts are yet Unweary of their function dire. 1844Mrs. Browning Patience taught 8 Ocean girds Unslackened the dry land, savannah-swards Unweary sweep. 1859Habits of Gd. Society vii. 248 You must not obtrude your unweary mirth at a visit of condolence.
▪ II. † unˈweary, v.
[un-2 4 b.]
trans. (and refl.). To restore from weariness; to refresh or rest.
Chiefly in translations of Fr. (se) delasser.
1530Palsgr. 769/1, I unwerye,..je delasse. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Se delasser, to vnweary himselfe. 1650Earl of Monmouth tr. Senault's Man bec. Guilty 175 Are not Allegories impertinent? when to un-weary men's minds, they abuse them. 1652Loveday tr. Calprenede's Cassandra i. 43 Having taken a house in the Towne, we there unwearied ourselves for some dayes. 1687G. Etherege Let. Wks. (1888) p. xxv, Not being able to prevail with him to stay a day and unweary himself.
absol.a1698Temple Health & Long Life Wks. 1720 I. 281 Bathing..unwearies and refreshes more than any thing, after too great Labour and Exercise.
b. refl. To relieve or ease (oneself) of something.
1633Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 161 A good man..by this surplus of paine, unwearies himselfe of paine. |