单词 | unletting |
释义 | † unlettingadj. Scottish. Obsolete. With complement: not letting (a person do something); (also) not restoring (a prisoner) to liberty.The complement is the equivalent of the object of the corresponding unprefixed participle (cf. let v.1 9, 12a). ΚΠ 1576 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) III. 17 Quhom ye sall surelie keip in firmance, vnletting him eschaip. 1588 in W. Fraser Scotts of Buccleuch (1878) II. 342 Vnlatting him to libertie..without our speciall command therto in write. 1597–8 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1882) 1st Ser. V. 439 Thay..forceit and compellit him to subscryve, unlatting him undirstand the tennour and effect thairof. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1576 |
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