unbiddenadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈbɪdn/, U.S. /ˌənˈbɪd(ə)n/ Not asked or invited; not commanded or directed.
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the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > unasked
unbiddenc1010
unboonedc1175
unaskeda1255
unfrayneda1275
uncalleda1400
unbid14..
unprayeda1402
unrequiredc1425
undesired1470
unchargedc1485
uncommandeda1535
unrequested1564
unsolicited1594
unsued1594
unsought1598
unspeeredc1598
unentreated1601
unimportuned?1611
unurgeda1616
uninvited1632
unsupplicated1634
unpetitioned1639
uninterrogated1803
unsolicitated1807
the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unintentional or involuntary
unviseda1300
unwilful1398
unwilly1398
unbodena1400
voluntarya1450
non-voluntaryc1454
involuntary1531
unwilling1535
unwilleda1540
unmeant1550
unvoluntary1570
uncalleda1586
uncalleda1610
unintended1649
undesigned1651
mechanic1657
automatic1694
unmeaning1698
inadvertent1724
unbidden1726
unintentional1782
unweeting1794
unwitting1818
undeliberate1874
agnomical1881
pred.
attributive.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 14243 Þere were fele hem to rewe And also mony vnbeden iewe Þider coom.1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke vii. 74 She did not onely ieoperde as an vnbidden geaste boldely to entre into the house of a Pharisee, but [etc.].1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 42 He lookith like..an unbidden geste that knowes not where to sitt him downe.1620 J. Brinsley tr. Virgil Eclogues vi. 58/3 I do not sing vnbidden (vncommanded) things.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 56 Burrs and Brambles, an unbidden Crew Of graceless Guests, th' unhappy Field subdue. View more context for this quotation1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. 396 Glad Earth..from her Bosom pours Unbidden Herbs, and voluntary Flow'rs.1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iv. xxii. 113 Gushed to her eye the unbidden tear.1850 F. W. Newman Phases of Faith 163 Judaism also unlearnt polygamy, and made an unbidden improvement upon Moses.c1010 Ælfric Past. Ep. xlix, in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 386 Sume preostas..unbedene gaderiað hi to ðam lice.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17081 Forr þi toc crist forrþ rihht anan. Vnnbedenn & unnbonedd..To mælenn & to spellenn.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 120 And siþ alle þes failen to men, how shulden þei fiȝ te unbeden of God?
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14912 He wil him all vnbiden [Fairf. vnbidden] bede.
1427 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 74 Þai þat come thidir þat tyme vnbyden be fewe.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9943 Breisaid the burd, vnbidyn of hir fader, Full duly to Dyamede dressit to wend.
1583 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) III. xvi. 183 The painful pastors and ministers of the Word..are condemned,..Some for leaving the Holidays unbidden.
1608 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. xi–xii. 122 That we goe not unsent, nor come unbidden.
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. xiv. 28 Yet none must tempt God, nor go unbidden into danger.
1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 365 Adown his cheek a tear unbidden stole.
1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. x. 459 Thou art come, uncalled, unbidden; thy task unfulfilled, thy peace unearned.
1842 H. E. Manning Serm. ii. 29 Thoughts..thrust themselves unbidden now into the abode where they were wont to be welcomed before.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien 426 in Idylls of King And beasts themselves would worship; camels knelt Unbidden.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule iv. 54 Tears had sprung to her eyes unbidden.
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