单词 | unserved |
释义 | unservedadj. 1. a. Not served or furnished with something; not attended to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > neglectful > neglected unlookedc1330 unservedc1350 unasservedc1400 uncherishedc1400 neglect?a1425 unkept?a1425 neglected1570 carelessa1593 neglectful1595 uncared-for1597 untended1598 silenced1609 disregarded1668 colda1701 unministereda1744 unfostered1744 unkempt1848 c1350 Leg. Rood (1871) 85 Sen sekenes es sent to þe Þir men sall noght vnserued be, Þai sall haue nayles or þai ga. 1433 Rolls of Parl. IV. 439/1 Yf I shuld paye hem, youre Household, Chambre and Warderope..shuld be unservid and unpaide. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 302 Onely Phocion was remainyng unserved by reason that the poison had been all consumed by the others. a1600 T. Deloney Pleasant Hist. Iohn Winchcomb (1619) iv. sig. Ciijv Well looke there bee not one hog vnserued. 1624 Essex his Ghost 16 His people I hope will turne your golden..Coates into Coates of Male,..rather then your Soueraigne.. shall bee vnserued. 1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (new ed.) 1083 Who came uncald, unservd shuld sit. 1786 R. Heathcote Sylva (1788) 256 His boy therefore sent away unserved a customer. 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 82 The witch weyfe begg'd in our backseyde, But went unsarra'd away. 1832 H. Martineau For Each & All iii. 33 Conscience awakes..to the cry of unserved humanity. 1899 Daily News 3 Nov. 7/6 Several of their unserved guns were shelled vigorously. b. spec. Not attended to by a priest or incumbent. (See serve v.1 5.)The apparently early instance in Wyclif's De Ecclesia is probably an error for ‘unlerned’, the reading of MS. Bodl. 788. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > church or place of worship > [adjective] > without incumbent unserved1562 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [adjective] > parish > of parish: not attended to by unserved1562 1562 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. xxxi. 312 So that the people be not unserved or defrauded of a reasonable minister. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1142/1 Where through died manie..priests, so that a great number of parishes were vnserued. 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. iii. 106 This yeer..was great mortality, and specially of Priests, so as many Churches were unserved. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 466 It permits an infant to present a clerk..rather than..suffer the church to be unserved till he comes of age. 2. Not worshipped, regarded, or observed. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [adjective] > not worshipped unserveda1387 unworshippeda1395 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [adjective] > not regarded or observed unserveda1387 society > faith > worship > sacrament > [adjective] > not regarded or observed unserved1532 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 85 Þese feyned goddes..beeþ i-serued in Chestre... Þan is Pluto not vnserued, god of helle. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 355 The cherche is brent, the priest is slain,..The lawe is lore and god unserved. c1450 Mirk's Festial 267 Mony seyntys-dayes we leuen yn þe ȝere vnseruet; for þay ben so many þat we may not serue hom all. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 495/2 Nor saint Paule..meaneth not yet they shall leaue the sacramentes vnserued which God hath taught. 3. Law. a. Of writs, summonses, etc.: Not served upon a person. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [adjective] > not served unserved1465 1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 306 The shyrf sayd playnly that he..derst not serue it [sc. a writ],..and so it ys yet vnservyd. 1476 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 49/2 Þe persons of þe inqueste allegeit before þe lordis þat þe said breve wes vnseruit. 1908 Daily Chron. 10 Jan. 3/5 The constabulary were withdrawn, and the processes remained unserved. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [adjective] > relating to inheritance > not returned as heir unserved1490 1490 Acta Dom. Conc. (1839) 125/2 Patrik and William..sall nocht fortify þe partij þat beis one seruit be that inquest. 4. Not served up. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [adjective] > not served unserved1871 1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. iii The waiter then and there packed his knapsack and departed,..leaving my dinner unserved. 5. With for: For which service has not been done. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > paid by wages > for which service has not been done unserved1555 1555 in W. Page Inventories Church Goods York, Durham & Northumberland (1897) 157 xij li bequeithed..to the finding of a prieste there for iij yeares.., whereof remayned unserved for at the tyme.., xiijs. iiijd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1350 |
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