† unbewareadv.
Obsolete.
= unaware adv.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adverb] > without warning
on, in, or at unwarec1070
unwarec1100
unwaresa1122
uniwaresa1200
unwarelyc1200
on uniware1297
unwarneda1325
unadvised1390
unbewares1483
unbeware1489
unwarnishedly1513
unawarnistly1533
unadvisedlyc1535
unawares1535
at unwaresa1547
unwarnedly1563
at unawares1564
unwarily1569
at unaware1598
unaware1667
of all things1778
out of a clear (blue) sky1875
out of the blue1879
unawaredly1895
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. x. 28 To com by thees wayes vpon theyre enemyes vnbeware.
1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxx. 113 A grete sorowe toke hym at his herte of that he was so taken vnbeware.
1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 4 He ment..Too steale vpon mee in the nyght, and kyll mee vnbeware.
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