单词 | unreprieved |
释义 | unreprievedadj. Not reprieved; given no reprieve.Chiefly in predicative use. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [adjective] > reprieved > not unreprieved1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 185 There to converse with everlasting groans, Unrespited, unpitied, unrepreevd . View more context for this quotation 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 213 But unrepriev'd he [sc. a captive fox] dies. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 40 The slow years Which thou must spend in torture, unreprieved. 1922 J. A. Fairbank Cortlandts of Washington Square vii. 96 He lifted a nervous eyebrow at Ann..but she was apparently interested only in the contents of her coffee cup, and he left her unreprieved. 2000 L. Senelick Changing Room xi. 245 Even though Jack..went unreprieved, his depiction was too favourable to point up the proper moral. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1667 |
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