单词 | ungiven |
释义 | ungivenadj.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [adjective] > given in marriage > not ungivenc1330 unbestoweda1535 unbequeathed1846 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 6545 Gentil damysels vngyuen, Þat able to mennes companye were þryuen. 2. Not given or bestowed as a gift; not imparted. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > [adjective] > retained > not given unconveyed14.. unpaidc1422 unbeset1495 ungiven1511 unreleased1619 unbestowed1794 unaccorded1883 unawarded1897 1511 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 253 To hald in un~gewin the Kingis goune..quhilk the King ordanit to be gewin. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 230v Fortune leaft nothyng vngeuen to hym. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. viii. sig. Mm6v Philanax himselfe could haue wished the blow vngiuen, when he saw him fall. 1600 R. Cecil Lett. 15 Dec. (1864) 62 I beleeue that office wilbe for a while vngeuen. 1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 172 Sometimes men take offence ungiven. 1714 S. Centlivre Wonder ii. 12 What Proof remains ungiven of his Love? 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 399 Neither let him harbour such an overweening conceit of his own ungiven strength. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 48 By the Hindu law, whatever has been given by mistake, must be considered as ungiven. 3. a. Not given over; unsurrendered. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > [adjective] > retained > not transferred or assigned undelivered1472 undistributed1483 ungivenc1650 untransferred1741 unengaged1751 untransmitted1820 c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 272 It [sc. the castle] wes not long on givin [1828 ongiven] over. b. Unaddicted to something. ΚΠ 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby 1897 Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 2/1 Silent of speech, morose of nature, not ungiven to beer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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