unmortifiedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɔːtᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɔrdəˌfaɪd/ΘΚΠ
society > law > transfer of property > [adjective] > given in mortmain > not
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1468 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1468/1/2 The soume..to be raisit of all lordis..and uthiris quhat sumever hafand land utouthe burgh unmortifiit.
2. Not spiritually mortified or subdued; full of sin or worldly desire.
a. Of a desire, passion, etc.
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a1475 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Cambr. Gg.1.16) (1997) i. iii. 7 What letteþ the more..þen þi vnmortified affeccion of herte [L. immortificata affectio cordis]?
?1531 R. Whitford tr. Folowing of Christe iii. liii. f. C. xxiiiv I coueyte to cleue fast to heuenly thing; but temporall thynges and passions vnmortified: pul me alway downwarde.
1596 H. Clapham Briefe of Bible 73 So will the crying of one sinne vnmortified, bewray our hollowe hearts, and prouoke the holy one to Iudgement.
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 12 These lusts are fitter for the course of nature vnmortified.
1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. xii. 101 Their passions are unmortified.
1711 Cradock's Serm. Charity 18 His yet unmortified Lusts and Passions.
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. iv. §4. 415 He finds many unmortified Desires..in his best Words and Actions.
1857 S. Winkworth Life Tauler in Tauler's Serm. 390 He who wishes to..subdue such an unmortified nature.
1922 J. M. Murray Countries of Mind 1922 Of this unmortified detachment Flaubert was incapable.
2001 D. Wilson Future Men 134 Males—whose lusts when unmortified always degrade women.
b. Of a person, or a person's heart or soul. Now rare.
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1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. HHHviv The on mortifyed [1531 vnmortified] hert hath nat the housholde of the soule in suche peace.
1553 J. Hooper Let. 13 Oct. in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 155 Vnmortified men and women, be no creatures mete for God.
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 57 Unconfessing and unmortify'd sinners.
1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 210 As thou wouldst not demonstrate thy self to be a rash and unmortified Person.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxiii. 139 By his soul (the unmortified creature swore).., he was now in earnest, in his good resolutions.
1867 Bentley's Misc. 61 400 Oh, rebellious heart—oh, unmortified soul!
1894 J. C. Hedley Retreat xviii. 207 No one can be relaxed, unmortified, and lazy, and at the same time desire to love God with..a whole heart.
a1954 J. P. Arendzen Ten Minutes a Day to Heaven (2003) 148 Unmortified people forget the duty of penitence.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > free from disease > specific
cleanc1384
unpaining1634
unpalsied?a1656
unhypochondriacous1683
unmortified1732
ungangrened1753
uninflameda1793
uncrippleda1800
unbilified1823
unparalysed1888
uncramped1899
T.B.-tested1951
1732 A. Monro Anat. (ed. 2) 18 An unmortified Part..can have Nerves..and yet enjoy no Sensation.
1791 B. Bell Syst. Surg. (ed. 5) I. v. 336 No hemorrhagy..occurs from a division of this membrane even in a sound unmortified state.
1857 New Orleans Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 13 756 The unmortified portions of this bowel were very tender and easily torn.
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1641 T. Goodwin Tryall Christians Growth i. 102 This argues much unmortifiednesse, though it run not out into acts.
a1677 T. Manton Several Disc. (1685) 180 The more Men increase in Grace..the more they know their Emptiness, Unmortifiedness, and manifold Sins.
1740 Diary A. Brodie 80 These burning Lusts..arise from Discontentedness, Unmortifiedness,..sinful Placing of Happiness..in these outward Things.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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