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† inˈvict, a. Obs.
Also 5 invyct.
[ad. L. invict-us, f. in- (in-3) + victus, pa. pple. of vincĕre to conquer. Cf. obs. F. invicte (Godef.).]
Unconquered; never vanquished or subdued.
1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 488 He by Knyghthode due Was lyberde [= leopard] inuyct. 1545Joye Exp. Dan. ii. D ij, With as invict a mind and manly an herte let us confesse thee worde of God. 1636R. Brathwait Lives Rom. Emp. 123 The most famous and invict Commanders. 1678Gale Crt. Gentiles III. 79 An indissoluble chain of invict Reason.
So † inˈvicted, a. Obs. = prec.
1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 203 The stout, inuicted Macedonian Greeke. 1606Ford Fame's Memor. B j b, A worthy whose sublime Inuicted spirit in most hard assayes, Still added reuerent statues to his daies. |