单词 | unransomed |
释义 | unransomedadj. Not ransomed. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > lost > not redeemed or recovered unredeemed1480 unransomed1554 1554 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V (1885) 415 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 If the said silver platte be..unranesomid or redemid of the owners. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. xii. 50 No Straunger scapes vnraunsomed. 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. X 4 b They are charitable among them selves, leaving no poore vnrelieved, no prisoner vnransomed. 1669 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa VI. iii. vi. 96 Giving me an unransomed Liberty. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xxiv. 151 The Gods..say..that he still detains Amid his fleet..Unransom'd Hector. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby iv. 162 Safe and unransomed [he] sent them home. 1872 H. N. Hudson Shakespeare II. 66 The King suffered him [sc. Mortimer] to lie unransomed, alleging that he had treacherously allowed himself to be taken. 1955 W. L. Westermann Slave Syst. Greek & Rom. Antiq. v. 29/1 The legitimate trade in slaves, also, no doubt dealt in the retail distribution of these kidnapped and unransomed victims of pirates. 2013 C. Steel End of Rom. Republic 146 to 44 BC vi. 195 Caesar..released Ahenobarbus and his officers unharmed and unransomed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1554 |
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