unrefusingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈfjuːzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈfjuzɪŋ/ That does not refuse, deny, or reject something.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective]
freeeOE
well-willingOE
readyc1175
fainc1275
buxoma1300
prestc1300
liefc1325
rifec1390
willyc1390
baina1400
willinga1400
listyc1440
towardc1440
appliable1449
pronea1450
wilfulc1460
prompt?a1475
content1477
towardly1513
contenteda1525
towards1525
fond1529
comingc1576
unrefusinga1586
open-armed1594
voluntary1598
gainsome1629
easy1653
unreluctant1654
nothing loath1667
applicable1702
irreluctanta1706
unhesitating1753
unloath1861
prone-minded1869
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. x. sig. Nn6v Thinking..that beauty, carefully set forth, wold soone proue a signe of an vnrefusing harborough.
1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 374 What power had those instruments sweete speach, more sweete and vnrefusing conuersation ouer my heart?
1728 J. Thomson Spring 3 There, unrefusing to the harness'd yoke, They lend their Shoulder.
1836 Christian Rev. June 211 Is not the imposition of religion upon them during that unrefusing age an invasion of their rights?
1875 J. W. De Forest Playing Mischief xviii. 66 Now we must relate how she came to put her claim into the unwilling but unrefusing hand of Mr. Hollowbread.
1921 C. Kenyon Fortune Bandy's Flat xvii. 264 Yes,..to that wild, bad, dangerous man, all unresisting, unrefusing, I yielded up my lips.
1980 D. Marechera Black Sunlight 46 A shrill harmonica seemed to blast..again and again through my ears, through all my senses, through all my unrefusing flesh.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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