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unadˈvised, a. and adv. Forms: α. 4 onauysed, 5 -yd, onavised; 4–5 unauysed (4, 6 -id), 5–7 unauised (5 -yd); 4–5 unavised (5 -ede, -id), 4–6 unavysed (4 -id, 5 -et). β. 5–6 unaduysed, 6–7 unaduised (6 Sc. -it), -uized, 6– unadvised. [un-1 8. Cf. MDu. ongeavijst.] 1. Of acts, words, etc.: Done or spoken without due consideration; rash, inconsiderate. α13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 292 Þre wordez has þou spoken at ene, Vn-avysed, for soþe, wern alle þre. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 389 So herode schuld have broke his oþe,..and sore a-repentid hym for his vnavysid swerynge. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 126 Ofte tymes by vnauised speche of right is made the wronge. 1537Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) II. 86 They haue him in the lesse estimatyon for his vayn tytle and vnauised procedinges to the same. β1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 158 For..suche cogitacions vnaduysed, eyther be lytell synne or none. 1579J. Northbrooke Dicing (1843) 168 By dauncing commeth filthie talke and communications, vnaduised promises. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 334 Fearfull dangers ensue often by unadvised bleeding..in contagious times. 1677W. Hubbard Narrative 83 Provoked by the rash, unadvised, cruel act of some of the English. 1753Richardson Grandison (1781) III. xxix. 338 Lady Sforza..hinted, that the last interview between the young lady and me was an unadvised permission. 1769Blackstone Comm. IV. 123 Contempts against the king's title..are the denial of his right to the crown in common and unadvised discourse. 1833I. Taylor Fanat. Pref. p. iv, An unskilful or unadvised treatment. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. vi. 155 Complaining..of his unadvised and dangerous dealings with the Indians. 2. Of persons: Imprudent, indiscreet, thoughtless. Also transf. of things. α1382Wyclif Prov. xiii. 3 Who forsothe is vnauysid to speken, shal felen euelis. 1390Gower Conf. II. 43 Thou miht so per cas Ben ydel, as somtime was A kinges dowhter unavised. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy iv. 4617 Hem list no þing to be so rekkeles, Nor vn-avysed what hem ouȝt to do. a1475G. Ashby Dicta Philos. 385 Unauised men, foles bene repute. 1530Palsgr. 328/1 Unavysed, maladuisé. β1535Coverdale Prov. xxi. 5 He yt is vnaduysed, commeth vnto pouerte. 1566Painter Pal. Pleas. II. 175 Here they may see the damage and hurt that unadvised youth incurreth. 1640Bp. Hall Episc. iii. 223 Some bold unwarranted suggestion from an unadvised adversary. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. i. (1674) 3 Flies..which some unadvised men endeavouring to chase away..with a Dagger, have..cut their own Noses. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. II. 99 Faults which the negligent and unadvised easily fall into. 1819Lamb St. Crispin to Mr. Gifford 1 All unadvised, and in an evil hour,..you daft The lowly labours of the Gentle Craft. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. xv, The thoughtless insult which the Count had been unadvised enough to put upon the Emperor the preceding day. transf.1600S. Nicholson Acolastus (1876) 10 O vnaduised, Treason-working eyes, You are the cause my ife in passion dyes. 1621Quarles Argalus & P. i. Wks. (Grosart) III. 250/2 Her unadvised sickle shall not thrust Into her hopefull Harvest, ere needs must. b. Similarly of conduct, disposition, etc.
1390Gower Conf. III. 274 Ther is yit more forto sein Of love which is unavised. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 3104 A Prince mot..his angir refreyne, & ire, Lest þat vnavisid commocioun..sette his hert on fire. 1440J. Shirley Dethe K. James (1818) 25 O ye..mercilesse Scottisshe folke,..full replet of unavisid folie. 1553Act 1 Mary Sess. ii. c. i. §2 Taking his foundation partly vpon his owne vnaduised judgment of the Scripture. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. iv. 34 His ruffin raiment..Which he had spilt..Through vnaduized rashnesse woxen wood. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 454 Preserving..the Realme from that confusion which it after fell into by King John's unadvised carriage. 1638Quarles Hieroglyph. i. iii. 6 His knowledge climbs..and sometimes slips Through unadvised hast. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 21 b, Nero's unadvised fondness for building. †c. quasi-adv. Without consideration or reflection; unwarily, heedlessly. Obs. α1420–2Lydg. Thebes iii. 4651 Wherfor ech man be war Vnavysed a werre to bygynne. c1440Gesta Rom. lxv. 289 (Add. MS.), He, as he rode vnavised, fille into one, and myght not come out, for the pitte was depe. 1483Vulgaria abs Terentio 6 b, It forseth nott whedyr a woman do all thynges auysed or vnauysed. β1535Coverdale Prov. xiii. 3 Who so speaketh vnaduysed, fyndeth harme. 1606G. Woodcock Lives Emperors in Hist. Ivstine K k 5 The matter being vnaduised done, hee lost many of his men. 1627May Lucan i. 543 The madd people all With hasty steppes so vnaduised runne, As if no way at all were left to shunne Their imminent, and feard distruction. d. Not having consulted with another; not having been consulted with.
1579Fenton Guicciard. (1618) 4 So Ludouyke Sforce,..unadvised with others, had given counsell that the Embassadors..should all enter Rome in one day. 1649Milton Eikon. xii. Wks. 1851 III. 431 What should move the King..to hold such frequent and close meetings with a Committy of Irish Papists..while the Parlament of England sate unadvis'd with. 1836Browning & Foster Life Strafford (1892) 160 The Catholics..unadvised with each other, and utterly unprepared. 3. Not advised or warned. rare—1.
c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 378 Thus argumented he yn his gynnynge, Ful vnauysed of his wo comynge. †4. Not announced or foreshadowed. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋449 Whan they sourden by freletee vnauysed and sodeynly withdrawen ayeyn. a1395Hylton Scala Perf. ii. xliii. (1507) Z viij b, The ghostly presence of Ihesu..bryngeth to his mynde..the wordes..of holy wrytte vnsoughte and vnauysed one after a nother. †b. As adv. Without warning; unexpectedly.
1390Gower Conf. I. 133 The Camelion, Which..moste newe His colour, and thus unavised Fulofte time he stant desguised. c1450tr. De Imitatione i. xxiii. 31 Many men dien sodenly & unavised. 1483Caxton Gold Leg. 377/2 To thende that sodaynly he shold falle up on this kyng unaduysed. 5. Not supplied with advice.
1851Tennyson Q. Mary ii. ii, We..set no foot there-toward unadvised Of all our Privy Council. 1864in Ld. Fitzmaurice Life Granville (1905) I. 469 How fearful it is to be suspected—uncheered—unguided and unadvised! 1876J. C. Brown Reboisement in France iv. v. §10. 294 From the forbidding nature of the precipice, few would be bold enough to make the essay unadvised. |