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- have the call
- have the call of the market
- have the care of
- have the cheek
- have the cheek to do something
- have the conscience
- have the crappy end of the stick
- have the defects of one's qualities
- have the defects of one's virtues
- have the dingbats
- have the ear of a person
- have the edge on
- have the eminence of
- have the etc end of the stick
- have the face
- have the face to do something
- have the fairer
- have the fairer of
- have the field to oneself
- have the foot of
- have the forehand of
- have the front
- have the gallows in one's face
- have the game by the throat
- have the game in one's hands