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confessed, ppl. a.|kənˈfɛst|
Also 7–9 confest.
[f. confess v. + -ed1.]
1. Acknowledged as true; avowed, owned, admitted; evident, made manifest.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 23 The Prophet..taketh it for confessed truth. 1643Milton Divorce Wks. 1738 I. 170 To..do a confest good work. 1790Paley Horæ Paul. i. 2 The design and composition of the letters are in general so confessed. 1808J. Barlow Columb. iii. 761 The prince confest to every warrior's sight. 1844Stanley Arnold (1858) I. iv. 165 A confessed and unconquerable difficulty.
b. to stand († appear) confessed: i.e. made known, revealed, open to recognition.
1708Rowe Royal Convert (T.), The perfidious author stands confest. a1763Shenstone Elegies vii. 17 Instant a grateful form appear'd confest. 1866Motley Dutch Rep. v. i. 655 Throwing off his disguise..the youthful paladin stood confessed.
2. That has confessed his sins, shriven.
c1450Merlin i. 10 Yef he were confessed and repentant, and..he wolde resceyve penance..he sholde [haue] anoon forgevenesse. 1812J. Brady Clavis Cal. (1815) I. 210 One who looked like a confessed or shrived culprit. |