unseizedadj.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [adjective] > not made captive
unnomec1300
uncaught1340
unhenta1375
untakena1375
unseizeda1400
unattached1498
uncaptived1601
uncaptured1885
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adjective] > missed (of opportunities)
untaken1474
unseized1818
a1400–50 Alexander 5334 I sall surely þe saue vnsesid of þe berbrens.
1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 9 If unseiz'd, she glides away like wind; And leaves repenting Folly far behind.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 457 Watching at all places contiguous to unseized houses.
1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 75 He was..content to see An unseiz'd heaven dying at his feet.
1895 Nat. Counc. Congregat. Ch. (U.S.) 177 The unseized opportunities of this..mission field.
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