unbesiegedadj.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adjective] > besieged or blockaded > not
unbesieged1610
1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xxviii. 148 But Sulmo..being unbesieged..was..appointed for a direct spoile.
1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes 89 Unlesse they leave the Castles unbesieged.
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adj.1610- to cast their heads
- to cast their heads together
- to cast to mischance
- to cast to the dogs
- to cast under foot
- to cast up
- to cast up a gamond
- to cast up one's accounts
- to cast up, heave, spue up, vomit one's gorge
- to cast water
- to cast, chase, drive, hunt, scare, etc a person out of house and home
- to cast, chase, drive, hunt, scare, etc out of house and home
- to cast, erect, set a figure
- to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass
- to cast, fling, etc an old shoe after
- to cast, fling, etc an old shoe after a person
- to cast, heave the lead
- to cast, lay a scheme
- to cast, put, or throw the stone
- to cast, put, throw a slur on or upon
- to cast, put, throw a slur on or upon a person
- to cast, put, throw a slur on or upon a thing
- to cast, put, throw etc a slur on or upon
- to cast, put, throw etc a slur on or upon a person
- to cast, put, throw etc a slur on or upon a thing