单词 | unfortified |
释义 | unfortifiedadj. (un- prefix1 2.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [adjective] > not pregnable1387 unfortified1525 expugnable1570 unimmured1615 stormable1645 fenceless1740 vulnerable1790 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [adjective] > supported > not > not strengthened unfortified1525 unstrengthened1597 unbraced1809 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxx. 484 The lorde of the Towre was sore blamed..that he had lefte that place vnfortifyed and vnprouyded. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 467 The which Beare..finding the den vnfortified..entred into the same. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 26 While their weak Heads, like Towns unfortify'd, 'Twixt Sense and Nonsense daily change their Side. 1775 E. Burke Speech Resol. for Concil. Colonies 24 Pouring down upon your unfortified frontiers a fierce and irresistible cavalry. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. xlvii. 40 Samos remained..unfortified, deprived of its fleet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1525 |
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