unbrokenadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈbrəʊk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˌənˈbroʊkən/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b. Compare Middle Dutch and Dutch ongebroken, Middle High German and German ungebrochen.

1. Of compacts, etc.: Not broken or infringed; unviolated, inviolate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > remaining in specified condition

unbrokena1300

unbrokea1325

unperisheda1400

upstandingc1450

unviolate1548

uncancelled1557

yet1608

voidless1642

indissolved1659

standing1673

unruinablea1684

unworn1748

decayless1828

a1300 Cursor Mundi 611 Bot for to hald it wel vnbroken, Þe forbot þat was be-twix þam spoken.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Inviolé, inuiolated, sound, vnbroken.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 691 That Traitor Angel,..Who first broke peace in Heav'n and Faith, till then Unbrok'n .

1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. i. xvii. 20 To sing frail Circe's guilty Fire, And chaste Penelope's unbroken Vow.

2. Of material things: Not broken or fractured; intact, whole.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > whole or intact > unbroken or not cracked

unbrostenc1400

unbroken1495

infract1573

unshaken1573

uncracked1581

unshivered1598

crackless1616

unbroke1632

unshook1633

unshattered1634

unchipped1647

unfractured1742

unruptured1775

unburst1782

indissolute1834

unsnapped1864

fissureless1875

unbreached1876

1495 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xix. cxxx. 939 Men in olde tyme callyd a thynge y^t was hoole and vnbroken, Solidum et Totum.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xviii. 21 [There are] many towers and goodly buildings ruined.., amongst which, one which was vnbroken.

1613 C. Tourneur Griefe on Death Prince Henrie 97 I wonder how Or he or anye other souldier now Can hold his sword unbroken.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 135 His Bowels bruis'd within, Betray no Wound on his unbroken Skin.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 357 Put into the Hogshead ten new-laid Eggs, unbroken or cracked.

1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile II. 460 The seal [was] examined, and declared to be the patriarch's, and unbroken.

1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) III. 218 There is hardly a kitchen utensil left unbroken.

1889 J. C. Jeaffreson Q. of Naples & Nelson I. iii. 93 Escaping..with unbroken bones.

figurative.1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 97 Nor will the Virgin-joyes wee wed Come lesse unbroken to our bed.1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxxv. 339 My fortune, which is unbroken, is the same sum that he gave my brothers.

3. Not crushed, humbled, or subdued; not impaired or weakened.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]

fasteOE

stathelfasteOE

anredOE

hardOE

starkOE

trueOE

steadfast993

fastredeOE

stithc1000

findyOE

stablea1275

stathelyc1275

stiffc1275

stablec1290

steel to the (very) backa1300

unbowinga1300

stably13..

firm1377

unmovablea1382

constantc1386

abidingc1400

toughc1400

sure1421

unmoblea1425

unfaintedc1425

unfaint1436

permanent?a1475

stalwartc1480

unbroken1513

immovable1534

inconcuss1542

unshaken1548

stout1569

unwavering1570

undiscourageable1571

fixed1574

discourageable1576

unappalled1578

resolute1579

unremoved1583

resolved1585

unflexiblea1586

unshakeda1586

square1589

unstooping1597

iron1598

rocky1601

steady1602

undeclinable1610

unboweda1616

unfainting1615

unswayed1615

staunch1624

undiscourageda1628

staid1631

unshook1633

blue?1636

true blue?1636

tenacious1640

uncomplying1643

yieldless1651

riveting1658

unshakened1659

inconquerable1660

unyielding1677

unbendinga1688

tight1690

unswerving1694

unfaltering1727

unsubmitting1730

undeviating1732

undrooping1736

impervertible1741

undamped1742

undyingc1765

sturdy1775

stiff as a poker1798

unfickle1802

indivertible1821

thick and thin1822

undisheartened1827

inconvertible1829

straightforward1829

indomitable1830

stickfast1831

unsuccumbing1833

unturnable1847

unswerved1849

undivertible1856

unforsaking1862

swerveless1863

steeve1870

rock-ribbed1884

stiff in the back1897

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. i. 4 Turnus..saw thar curage faill,..Quhilk war tofor onbrokin and stowt of hart.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 John ii. f. xlvi A mynde that is vnbroken and vnconquered agaynst al wanton enticementes.

1609 B. Jonson Masque of Queens in Wks. (1660) 960 A Heroine of a most inuincible and vnbroken fortitude.

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. vi. 88 If thy heart, Thy worthie, manly heart be yet unbroken .

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 531 But glancing thence, the yet unbroken Force Took a new bent obliquely.

1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. ii. 288 Her, as yet, unbroken powers of encountering adversity.

1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) I. ii. 261 Courage unsubdued, spirits unbroken, indignation unrestrained.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xviii. 219 The journey was an arduous one to be undertaken, even by unbroken men.

1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) II. 239 Her..cheerful spirits, unbroken by poverty and dependence.

4. Of horses, etc.: Not tamed or rendered tractable; untrained.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective]

unbroken1538

unsubjectlike1590

unsubmissivea1653

insubmissive1841

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > not broken in or trained

uncorsayeda1400

undaunted1422

unbroken1538

rough1542

unhandled1558

unbacked1593

unmade1632

unbrokea1716

breachy1780

outlawed1893

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Indomitus, wylde, vnbroken.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 230 To ride the vnbroken horse Bucephalus.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 57 We are the vnbroken-Colt..which hee [sc. Our Lord] commaunded (with the Asse) to be brought vnto hym.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 30 A Colt unbroken on which never Man had sat.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 36 Driving an unbroken horse.

1864 Boyd Ess., Commonpl. Philos. vii. 203 No man likes to think that he is being managed as Mr. Rarey might manage an unbroken colt.

1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 252 Traders carrying unbroken horses through the tropics.

in extended use.1743 P. Francis tr. Horace Epodes vii. 7 Britons yet unbroken to our War, In Chains should follow our triumphal Car.1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xvii. 107 You are young and unbroken.

a. Not interrupted or disturbed; continuous, uniform.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective]

continualc1340

jointc1400

directa1513

unbroken1561

successive1586

continuate1601

uninterrupted1602

unintermitted1611

continued1628

concrete1651

constant1653

uninterrupted1657

unintermitting1661

solid1662

continuous1751

uninterrupt1776

unbroke1793

unintermittent1850

unbreathing1893

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 5^v There ought to haue ben one continual vnbroken course of obedience in their whole lyfe.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 23 Sick amitie and freindscheip..that all men supponit the samyn for to indure for ever and euer onbrokin.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature iii. 60 Truth is the offspring of silence, unbroken meditations, and thoughts often revised and corrected.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 260 An unbroken Genealogy of Mankind for many Ages.

1783 E. Burke Rep. Affairs India in Wks. (1842) II. 11 It required an unbroken attention,..to form a true judgment.

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. 2 An unbroken range of forest covers each bank of the river.

1852 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1882) 3rd Ser. xii. 151 One unbroken series of cruelty and crime.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 94 While yet silent he stands in a long and unbroken gaze.

b. Const. by.

ΚΠ

1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. i. xiii. 73 Whom Love with mutual Bonds unites, Unbroken by complaints or strife.

1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. i. 137 Miss Dennel grew..weary with the length of the way, unbroken by any company.

1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming i. x Many a halcyon day he lived to see Unbroken but by one misfortune dire.

1882 H. de Windt On Equator 66 The landscape being unbroken by hill or habitation of any kind.

6. Of ground: Not broken by ploughing or digging. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > broken > dug > not

unwenda1200

ungrubbedc1374

unfurrowed1566

unbroken1579

undigged1580

undelved1602

untrenched1849

unturned1904

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 26 They dyd take of the ploughe share, and drawe the ploughe, with leauing a certain space of earthe vnbroken vp.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 245 An unbroken and untilled ground doth now and then bring forth goodly hearbs.

1646 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. II. ix. 206 The ground is for the most part unbroken up.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 51 E're we stir the yet unbroken Ground.

1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. xiv. 36 You complain, that with unceasing Toil, You break, alas! the long unbroken Soil.

1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 142 If you are making a new garden on unbroken ground.

7. Not broken in ranks; not thrown into disorder.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > [adjective] > qualities

mainc1450

weak1488

unserviceablea1599

new-raised?1609

unrecruited1649

regulated1650

strongish1652

steady1670

mastering1711

undisciplined1718

unbroken1720

reduced1817

sticky1898

mechanicalized1901

u/s1942

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 136 The Imperialists, eager in the Pursuit, left him unbroken.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxx. 153 He..withdrew from the field of battle, with the greatest part of his cavalry entire and unbroken.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 93 The obscurity enabled Sarsfield, with a few squadrons which still remained unbroken, to cover the retreat.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 24 Sept. 2/1 As cavalry are not ordinarily required to charge large masses of unbroken infantry.

8. Botany. Not variegated. (Cf. break v. 32c.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > appearance of plant > plant defined by colour or marking > [adjective] > having particular type marking or colouring

streaked1600

marbled1629

muscadine1646

agated1665

silver-cupped1688

red-top1705

tessellated1723

lineate1777

fancy1793

red-tipped1800

areolated1802

white-lipped1813

variegated1818

pennaceous1819

streak-flowered1822

limbate1826

unbroken1829

sanguine-heart1840

rivulose1843

pencilled1846

areolate1847

notate1857

sigillate1858

discolor1859

discolorous1860

fumose1866

fumous1866

tricolour1866

unnetted1869

1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 267 Instead of saving the seed to be sown from the finest variegated tulips, they prefer unbroken flowers or breeders.

Derivatives

unˈbrokenly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adverb]

togetherc1290

bedenea1300

continuallyc1305

an-end?1440

contunely1447

successively1531

jointlyc1540

continuedly1559

unend1559

durably?1567

outright1579

continuately1601

uninterruptedly1665

constantly1682

unintermittedly1693

unbrokenly1850

unintermittently1875

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adverb] > without a break

unbrokenly1850

1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal xii. 232 The years unbrokenly march on.

1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) vi. 322 Like a ray of light from the parent fire with which it is unbrokenly joined.

unˈbrokenness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > wholeness or unity of being

onenesseOE

undepartingc1400

indivulsiona1638

unseparateness1668

altogether1674

altogetherness1674

unbrokenness1849

undividedness1889

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > unison

unisound1599

unison1603

unisonance1653

homophony1776

unbrokenness1849

homophone1879

1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. iii. 246 The unbroken wholeness of this Altar-stone was a symbol of the unbrokenness of the Church.

1889 E. W. Benson Diary 30 Sept. in A. C. Benson Life of E. W. Benson (1899) II. 284 The whole crowded congregation sing in most perfect unbrokenness.

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单词	unbroken
释义	unbrokenadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈbrəʊk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌənˈbroʊkən/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b. Compare Middle Dutch and Dutch ongebroken, Middle High German and German ungebrochen. 1. Of compacts, etc.: Not broken or infringed; unviolated, inviolate. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > remaining in specified condition unbrokena1300 unbrokea1325 unperisheda1400 upstandingc1450 unviolate1548 uncancelled1557 yet1608 voidless1642 indissolved1659 standing1673 unruinablea1684 unworn1748 decayless1828 a1300 Cursor Mundi 611 Bot for to hald it wel vnbroken, Þe forbot þat was be-twix þam spoken. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Inviolé, inuiolated, sound, vnbroken. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 691 That Traitor Angel,..Who first broke peace in Heav'n and Faith, till then Unbrok'n . View more context for this quotation 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. i. xvii. 20 To sing frail Circe's guilty Fire, And chaste Penelope's unbroken Vow. 2. Of material things: Not broken or fractured; intact, whole. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > whole or intact > unbroken or not cracked unbrostenc1400 unbroken1495 infract1573 unshaken1573 uncracked1581 unshivered1598 crackless1616 unbroke1632 unshook1633 unshattered1634 unchipped1647 unfractured1742 unruptured1775 unburst1782 indissolute1834 unsnapped1864 fissureless1875 unbreached1876 1495 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xix. cxxx. 939 Men in olde tyme callyd a thynge y^t was hoole and vnbroken, Solidum et Totum. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xviii. 21 [There are] many towers and goodly buildings ruined.., amongst which, one which was vnbroken. 1613 C. Tourneur Griefe on Death Prince Henrie 97 I wonder how Or he or anye other souldier now Can hold his sword unbroken. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 135 His Bowels bruis'd within, Betray no Wound on his unbroken Skin. View more context for this quotation 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 357 Put into the Hogshead ten new-laid Eggs, unbroken or cracked. 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile II. 460 The seal [was] examined, and declared to be the patriarch's, and unbroken. 1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) III. 218 There is hardly a kitchen utensil left unbroken. 1889 J. C. Jeaffreson Q. of Naples & Nelson I. iii. 93 Escaping..with unbroken bones. figurative.1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 97 Nor will the Virgin-joyes wee wed Come lesse unbroken to our bed.1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxxv. 339 My fortune, which is unbroken, is the same sum that he gave my brothers. 3. Not crushed, humbled, or subdued; not impaired or weakened. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] fasteOE stathelfasteOE anredOE hardOE starkOE trueOE steadfast993 fastredeOE stithc1000 findyOE stablea1275 stathelyc1275 stiffc1275 stablec1290 steel to the (very) backa1300 unbowinga1300 stably13.. firm1377 unmovablea1382 constantc1386 abidingc1400 toughc1400 sure1421 unmoblea1425 unfaintedc1425 unfaint1436 permanent?a1475 stalwartc1480 unbroken1513 immovable1534 inconcuss1542 unshaken1548 stout1569 unwavering1570 undiscourageable1571 fixed1574 discourageable1576 unappalled1578 resolute1579 unremoved1583 resolved1585 unflexiblea1586 unshakeda1586 square1589 unstooping1597 iron1598 rocky1601 steady1602 undeclinable1610 unboweda1616 unfainting1615 unswayed1615 staunch1624 undiscourageda1628 staid1631 unshook1633 blue?1636 true blue?1636 tenacious1640 uncomplying1643 yieldless1651 riveting1658 unshakened1659 inconquerable1660 unyielding1677 unbendinga1688 tight1690 unswerving1694 unfaltering1727 unsubmitting1730 undeviating1732 undrooping1736 impervertible1741 undamped1742 undyingc1765 sturdy1775 stiff as a poker1798 unfickle1802 indivertible1821 thick and thin1822 undisheartened1827 inconvertible1829 straightforward1829 indomitable1830 stickfast1831 unsuccumbing1833 unturnable1847 unswerved1849 undivertible1856 unforsaking1862 swerveless1863 steeve1870 rock-ribbed1884 stiff in the back1897 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. i. 4 Turnus..saw thar curage faill,..Quhilk war tofor onbrokin and stowt of hart. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 John ii. f. xlvi A mynde that is vnbroken and vnconquered agaynst al wanton enticementes. 1609 B. Jonson Masque of Queens in Wks. (1660) 960 A Heroine of a most inuincible and vnbroken fortitude. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. vi. 88 If thy heart, Thy worthie, manly heart be yet unbroken . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 531 But glancing thence, the yet unbroken Force Took a new bent obliquely. 1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. ii. 288 Her, as yet, unbroken powers of encountering adversity. 1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) I. ii. 261 Courage unsubdued, spirits unbroken, indignation unrestrained. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xviii. 219 The journey was an arduous one to be undertaken, even by unbroken men. 1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) II. 239 Her..cheerful spirits, unbroken by poverty and dependence. 4. Of horses, etc.: Not tamed or rendered tractable; untrained. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] unbroken1538 unsubjectlike1590 unsubmissivea1653 insubmissive1841 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > not broken in or trained uncorsayeda1400 undaunted1422 unbroken1538 rough1542 unhandled1558 unbacked1593 unmade1632 unbrokea1716 breachy1780 outlawed1893 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Indomitus, wylde, vnbroken. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 230 To ride the vnbroken horse Bucephalus. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 57 We are the vnbroken-Colt..which hee [sc. Our Lord] commaunded (with the Asse) to be brought vnto hym. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 30 A Colt unbroken on which never Man had sat. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 36 Driving an unbroken horse. 1864 Boyd Ess., Commonpl. Philos. vii. 203 No man likes to think that he is being managed as Mr. Rarey might manage an unbroken colt. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 252 Traders carrying unbroken horses through the tropics. in extended use.1743 P. Francis tr. Horace Epodes vii. 7 Britons yet unbroken to our War, In Chains should follow our triumphal Car.1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xvii. 107 You are young and unbroken. 5. a. Not interrupted or disturbed; continuous, uniform. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective] continualc1340 jointc1400 directa1513 unbroken1561 successive1586 continuate1601 uninterrupted1602 unintermitted1611 continued1628 concrete1651 constant1653 uninterrupted1657 unintermitting1661 solid1662 continuous1751 uninterrupt1776 unbroke1793 unintermittent1850 unbreathing1893 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 5^v There ought to haue ben one continual vnbroken course of obedience in their whole lyfe. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 23 Sick amitie and freindscheip..that all men supponit the samyn for to indure for ever and euer onbrokin. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature iii. 60 Truth is the offspring of silence, unbroken meditations, and thoughts often revised and corrected. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 260 An unbroken Genealogy of Mankind for many Ages. 1783 E. Burke Rep. Affairs India in Wks. (1842) II. 11 It required an unbroken attention,..to form a true judgment. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. 2 An unbroken range of forest covers each bank of the river. 1852 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1882) 3rd Ser. xii. 151 One unbroken series of cruelty and crime. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 94 While yet silent he stands in a long and unbroken gaze. b. Const. by. ΚΠ 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. i. xiii. 73 Whom Love with mutual Bonds unites, Unbroken by complaints or strife. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. i. 137 Miss Dennel grew..weary with the length of the way, unbroken by any company. 1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming i. x Many a halcyon day he lived to see Unbroken but by one misfortune dire. 1882 H. de Windt On Equator 66 The landscape being unbroken by hill or habitation of any kind. 6. Of ground: Not broken by ploughing or digging. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > broken > dug > not unwenda1200 ungrubbedc1374 unfurrowed1566 unbroken1579 undigged1580 undelved1602 untrenched1849 unturned1904 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 26 They dyd take of the ploughe share, and drawe the ploughe, with leauing a certain space of earthe vnbroken vp. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 245 An unbroken and untilled ground doth now and then bring forth goodly hearbs. 1646 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. II. ix. 206 The ground is for the most part unbroken up. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 51 E're we stir the yet unbroken Ground. View more context for this quotation 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. xiv. 36 You complain, that with unceasing Toil, You break, alas! the long unbroken Soil. 1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 142 If you are making a new garden on unbroken ground. 7. Not broken in ranks; not thrown into disorder. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > [adjective] > qualities mainc1450 weak1488 unserviceablea1599 new-raised?1609 unrecruited1649 regulated1650 strongish1652 steady1670 mastering1711 undisciplined1718 unbroken1720 reduced1817 sticky1898 mechanicalized1901 u/s1942 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 136 The Imperialists, eager in the Pursuit, left him unbroken. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxx. 153 He..withdrew from the field of battle, with the greatest part of his cavalry entire and unbroken. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 93 The obscurity enabled Sarsfield, with a few squadrons which still remained unbroken, to cover the retreat. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 24 Sept. 2/1 As cavalry are not ordinarily required to charge large masses of unbroken infantry. 8. Botany. Not variegated. (Cf. break v. 32c.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > appearance of plant > plant defined by colour or marking > [adjective] > having particular type marking or colouring streaked1600 marbled1629 muscadine1646 agated1665 silver-cupped1688 red-top1705 tessellated1723 lineate1777 fancy1793 red-tipped1800 areolated1802 white-lipped1813 variegated1818 pennaceous1819 streak-flowered1822 limbate1826 unbroken1829 sanguine-heart1840 rivulose1843 pencilled1846 areolate1847 notate1857 sigillate1858 discolor1859 discolorous1860 fumose1866 fumous1866 tricolour1866 unnetted1869 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 267 Instead of saving the seed to be sown from the finest variegated tulips, they prefer unbroken flowers or breeders. Derivatives unˈbrokenly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adverb] togetherc1290 bedenea1300 continuallyc1305 an-end?1440 contunely1447 successively1531 jointlyc1540 continuedly1559 unend1559 durably?1567 outright1579 continuately1601 uninterruptedly1665 constantly1682 unintermittedly1693 unbrokenly1850 unintermittently1875 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adverb] > without a break unbrokenly1850 1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal xii. 232 The years unbrokenly march on. 1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) vi. 322 Like a ray of light from the parent fire with which it is unbrokenly joined. unˈbrokenness n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > wholeness or unity of being onenesseOE undepartingc1400 indivulsiona1638 unseparateness1668 altogether1674 altogetherness1674 unbrokenness1849 undividedness1889 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > unison unisound1599 unison1603 unisonance1653 homophony1776 unbrokenness1849 homophone1879 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. iii. 246 The unbroken wholeness of this Altar-stone was a symbol of the unbrokenness of the Church. 1889 E. W. Benson Diary 30 Sept. in A. C. Benson Life of E. W. Benson (1899) II. 284 The whole crowded congregation sing in most perfect unbrokenness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1300
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