单词 | unappropriated |
释义 | unappropriatedadj. 1. Not allocated or assigned to a special person, thing, or purpose. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [adjective] > assigned or allotted > not unappropriated1756 unappropriate1767 unappointed1782 unallotted1869 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iii. 147 Ovid could not restrain the luxuriancy of his genius..from wandering into an endless variety of flowery and unappropriated similitudes. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1781 II. 365 He has not owned to whom he was obliged; so that the acknowledgement is unappropriated to his Grace. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London I. ii. 21 There remained thirty thousand pounds unappropriated, and the whole was at her own disposal. 1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey x. 278 She had found..certain odd corners in her trunks still unappropriated. 2. Not taken in possession by any one. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > fact of not being possessed or owned > [adjective] > not taken or appropriated unlaughtc1540 untaken1586 unappropriated1776 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 1 The land of conjecture, however, is so extensive and unappropriated, that every new cultivator has a right to break up fresh ground. 1796 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit. ii. (1797) 24 This character..shall ever remain unappropriated by me. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. viii. 166 The envied seat, the post of honour, was unappropriated . View more context for this quotation 1884 Law Times Rep. 19 Apr. 230/2 A common supply of unappropriated water in deep water-bearing strata. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1756 |
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