单词 | unfree |
释义 | unfreeadj.ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adjective] theowlikec1175 low?c1225 undignec1315 unfreec1330 base?1518 roynish1570 baseborn1573 base-minded1573 haskardly1576 ignoble1592 unnoble1593 slavish1597 disnoble1609 infimous1613 unhandsome1645 unheroical1656 mean1665 unworthy1694 unheroic1732 raff1761 undignified1782 raffish1795 truculent1825 unpromotable1836 menial1837 low-flung1841 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > base or vile low?c1225 lechera1300 vilea1300 feeblea1325 unfreec1330 villain1340 wrackc1375 villains1390 noughty1443 slovenly?1518 peasant1550 sluttish1561 vild1567 knaifatic1568 scallardc1575 base1576 tinkerly?1576 beggarly?1577 cullion-like1591 brokerly1592 broking1592 ignoble1592 cullionly1608 disnoble1609 unsolid1731 lowly1740 blackguard1751 blackguardly1779 menial1837 low-flung1841 caddish1868 basilar1884 bounding1904 bounderish1928 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2727 Þou slouȝ his breþer þre In fiȝt: Vrgan and morgan vn fre And moraunt, þe noble kniȝt. 2. Characterized by want of freedom. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > deprived of liberty > characterized by lack of freedom unfreec1400 freedomless1821 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1129 So if folk be defowled by vnfre chaunce,..he may polyce hym at þe prest, by penaunce taken. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 120 The election beyng vnfree,..eche of them almost of necessitie must hate the other. 1849 J. M. Kemble Saxons in Eng. I. 203 Serfs by reason of unfree birth. 1882–3 Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. 2206 The State..must be invested with all power over industry, which thus may be called practically unfree. ΚΠ c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 284 Ȝif lordis myȝte ȝeue here heritage to clerkis..þei were vnfree to helpe here soulis. 4. Not possessed of personal liberty; destitute of freedom. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > deprived of liberty unfreec1380 libertyless1643 unliberated1970 society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [adjective] > enslaved or in bondage theowc888 thrall1297 bond1330 unfreec1380 servile1447 boundenc1480 thralled1527 bound1532 thirl1582 enthralled?1587 slaved1639 beslaved1656 enslaved1667 bondaged1790 unemancipated1811 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 363 And so, as myche as in hem is, þei have maad Crist unfree. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xii. 207 If it be demaunded why God created man free, and not vnfree. 1602 J. Davies Mirum in Modum sig. K3 Better vnfree (saist thou) then be so ill, But tis not ill at libertie to bee. 5. Not holding the position of a free or privileged member of a corporation. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [adjective] > having franchises or privileges > not charterlessa1420 unfree1442 infree1584 unaffranchized1611 unfranchised1648 unchartered1812 unenfranchised1832 1442 Extr. Aberd. Rec. (1844) I. 8 Item, that al the communytie, alsweile vnfree as free men, be sworne to rise..in the defence of the toune. 1459–60 Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 303 Thay be put out of ther franches and ymad unfre. 1574 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 423 None of the inhabitance of Galway, free or onfree, yonge or old. 1608 in Gross Gild Merch. (1890) I. 150 (note) Anie Englishe borne subiect beinge vnfree or no member of this ffellowshippe. 1687 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 407 The lord mayor might drink to one as sherif free or unfree of the citty. 1717 in J. J. Vernon Par. & Kirk Hawick (1900) 205 Payd..for the bells tolling at the buriall of every unfree person within the said toun. 6. Not free of duty, tax, or impost; not exempt from commercial restrictions. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [adjective] > liable to duty customablea1399 tollable1611 unfree1678 excisable1689 dutiable1774 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 259 The Customers Officers were about to poynd some unfree goods. 1684 London Gaz. No. 1916/1 No such Clause or Provision as makes Free Goods to become Unfree when Laden and taken in Unfree Ships. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). unfreev. transitive. To make unfree; to deprive of freedom. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > deprive of freedom unfreec1380 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 431 Also oblishyng of men unfreeþ hem to God. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1330v.c1380 |
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