unalteredadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɔːltəd/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈɒltəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈɔltərd/, /ˌənˈɑltərd/ Unchanged. Of an animal: not castrated.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchanged
unwharvedc1175
unchangeda1387
inreformed1548
unaltered1551
unalterate1568
uninfringed1610
unbettered1628
immute1639
unimproved1665
untransmuted1666
same1667
unmodified1668
invarieda1676
fixeda1699
constantc1710
immutate1788
underanged1817
unsuperseded1857
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > castrated or spayed > not
unaltered1946
1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. v Then do I set one foote of the compas vnaltered in D, and stretch the other in the circular line.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. liv. 114 Neyther are..the state and qualitie of our substance so vnaltered, but that there are in it many glorious effects proceeding from so neere copulation with deitie.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) v. 148 Affirming that th' unaltered Destinies..have decreed he shall not die.
1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 226 The Government or Rule then setled shall continue firm and unaltered 57 years.
1772 W. Jones Poems 157 In one unalter'd line they tempt the fight.
1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. viii. v. 302 I should have assured you of my unaltered regard.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 315 The valuation made in 1692 has remained unaltered down to our own time.
1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 27 The distance between them being altered or unaltered.
1946 H. A. Smith Rhubarb ii. 28 An unaltered cat is by nature inclined to wildness.
1967 A. Lewin Unaltered Cat ii. iv. 117 Have you ever tried keeping an unaltered cat in an apartment?
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