单词 | unpurveyed |
释义 | † unpurveyedadj. Obsolete. 1. Unforeseen; unexpected.In quot. a1550 with adverbial force: unexpectedly. Compare the adjectival reading given in a different MS of the same text in quot. a1500 at sense 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > quality of being unforeseen > [adjective] unweenOE unpurveyeda1382 unprovideda1500 unprovised?a1500 improvided1590 unforeseen1651 unforeknown1667 unpredicted1792 unforeboded1818 uncalculated1828 unforetold1846 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Wisd. vii. 21 What euere thing ben hid & vnpurueid [L. absconsa et improvisa] I lernede. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. i. l. 743 Til þat she confounde wiþ vnsuffreable sorwe hem þat she haþ[e] left in despeir vnpurueyed [L. insperata]. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccclixv/2 As they fled, they..mette the holy body sodenly vnpourueyed. a1550 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Wemyss) xxxiv. l. 1531 He slew of þaim a gret party As he come on vnpurvaid, Vnwarnyst wer þai. 2. a. With of. Not provided or supplied with a specified thing; lacking something specified. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > not provided or equipped with something unbounda1300 unpurveyed?1397 unprovided1513 unprovided1530 unbestoweda1535 improvided1569 dispurveyed1574 unsupplied1599 unaccommodated1608 unprepared1608 disprovided1864 in M. Stokes & T. L. Burton Medieval Lit. & Antiq. (1987) 83 (MED) I heuyd vp myn hert..And welk forth to þe wodys..Al vnpouruayd of play þat pryuete askyth. a1400 (?c1300) Lay Folks Mass Bk. (Royal) (1879) l. 424 If þou of aue [read ane] be vn-puruayde. 1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 438 It is soo that my brothere is on-purveyed off monye. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcvij You may thinke that kyng Edward was not..so vnpurueyed of counsail, to forsake thys beneficiall alliaunce. a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vi. xiv, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Hh4v All the heauenly crew Of happy wights, now vnpurvaide of light, Were much afraid. 1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Benefits ii. xxx, in tr. Seneca Wks. 37 Whosoeuer therefore giueth instructions of thankfulnesse vnto men, negotiateth the affaires of men and Gods; to whom, being vnpurueyed of nothing..may men notwithstanding be both acknowledging and thankfull. b. Not provided or supplied with something essential, unequipped; (also) unprovided for. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > unprovided for unpurveyeda1492 unprovided for1542 unprovided1574 the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > poorly supplied or equipped > specifically of persons feeblec1330 insufficient1426 unpurveyeda1492 dispurveyeda1513 penurous1594 short1763 hard-run1834 lacking1868 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. cxlii. f. cliiiv/1 That yf I wexed an almes gyuer, god sholde neuer leue me vnpurueyed. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. l For one small faute..out is he cast bare and vnpuruayde. a1525 Court of Love 561 And ye that ben unpurveyed, prayer [read pray her] eke Comfort you soon. 1532 (a1475) Assembly of Ladies l. 382 in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 392 Than we began to dresse us in our gyse, That folk shuld see we were nat unpurvayd. 3. Unprepared; not in a state of readiness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] ungraitha1350 undisposedc1380 unreadya1400 dispurveyed14.. unpurveyedc1410 unrayedc1425 unwarnishedc1425 unprovided?a1439 unprepared1528 unprovided for1542 improvided1548 unfurnished1549 unpreparate1575 ungirt1579 disappointed1604 imprompt1760 unaneled1760 unapt1849 flat-footed1912 c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 111 In þe nyȝt..Englische men..disperbled and chased þe enemyes unpurveied [L. improvisos]. c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 359 [Take me] not so vnpurveyed fro þis liȝte of life! ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 146 The .v. maidenes that were folys, that slepte and were vnpurueyed. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. l. 1537 He slew of þaim a gret party As come on thaim wnpurwaide, Wnwarnyst and wnarayit. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xxxij It was forsene that the kyng nor his people should be taken vnpuruyed. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. R3, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) It seemeth a matter incident to his account..that..he be not vnpurueyed in his owne person. 4. Not given or provided, esp. beforehand. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > that is provided > not unpurveyed1449 unprovided1549 unsupplied1808 1449 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 278 The rewle..and ordenaunces of wardeynes of craftis..hath ben unknowen to the said wardeynes and in diuerse materes of constituciones and rewlis unpurveyed. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxliii Al the winter season, he mustred his souldiers, prepared his ordinance,..and left nothyng apperteignyng to the warre, vnpurueyed or vnloked for. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.a1382 |
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