单词 | unbought |
释义 | unboughtadj. 1. Not bought; unpurchased. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [adjective] > bought or purchased > not unboughtc950 unpurchaseda1425 uncoftc1540 the mind > possession > owning > [adjective] > own > as opposed to bought or borrowed unborrowed1638 unboughtc1720 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. x. 8 Unboht vel unceaped [L. gratis] gie onfengon, unboht sellas. a1300 Prov. Hendyng in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 114 Of un-boht hude men kerveth brod thong. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5410 In all egypti lefte he na land Vn-boght in-til þe king hand. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 451 Thus tha strave about ane wnbocht gait. c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies i. x. sig. B3 Thankes worthely are due for things vnbought. 1637 A. Cowley Vote in Sylva xi In this true delight, These unbought sports, and happy state, I would not feare, nor wish my fate. 1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 24 On unbought Delicates their Hunger fed. c1720 M. Prior Pontius & Pontia 23 Some hair I have, I'm sure, unbought, Pray bring your brother-wits to see't. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 113 The unbought grace of life..is gone! View more context for this quotation 1845 Kitto's Cycl. Bibl. Lit. (1847) I. 604/1 Wandering shepherds..depending solely upon the unbought gifts of nature. 1895 C. J. Cornish Wild Eng. Today 310 The unbought beauty of the county is still its main and most potent charm. ΚΠ a1200 Moral Ode (Lamb. MS.) 59 Ne scal nan ufel bon unbocht, ne nan god unforȝolden. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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