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unˈwept, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 b.]
1. Not wept or mourned for; unlamented.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, ii. ii. 65 Our fatherlesse distresse was left vnmoan'd, Your widdow-dolour, likewise be vnwept. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. i. xx, Had not that great Hart..piti'd thy wofull plight; There hadst thou lien unwept, unburied. 1637Milton Lycidas 13 He must not flote upon his watry bear Unwept. 1725Pope Odyss. v. 402 A shameful fate now hides my hapless head, Unwept, unnoted, and for ever dead! 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xxi, If you fall, though distant, exposed, and unwept by those that love you. 1805Scott Last Minstr. vi. i, The wretch..shall go down To the vile dust,..Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. 1848Buckley Iliad 413 Patroclus lies at the ships, an unwept, unburied corse.
2. Of tears: Unshed. rare—1.
1816Byron Parisina xx, Those tears..in its depth endure, Unseen, unwept, but uncongeal'd. |