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unaˈttended, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not attended or waited upon; unaccompanied.
1603Drayton Bar. Wars v. xxiv, Car'd for of none, nor look'd on, vnattended, Sadly returning, with a heauie Heart. 1667Milton P.L. viii. 60 Forth she went; Nor unattended, for on her as Queen A pomp of winning Graces waited still. 1708Pope Lett. (1735) I. 66 What a Number have here drop'd off, and left the poor surviving seven unattended! a1795Philidor Studies of Chess (1817) 36 The unattended king should advance to intercept the pawn. 1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 60 It suited him to ride thither unattended. 1895F. A. Swettenham Malay Sk. 119 The Shabandar, unarmed and unattended, accompanied him.
b. Of horses, etc.: With no one in attendance.
1796Coleridge Destiny of Nations 197 In the first entrance of the level road An unattended team! 1897Daily News 5 Oct. 6/3 When vehicles were left unattended the wheels should be chained.
2. Not attended or accompanied by or with some thing, circumstance, etc.
(a)1687Dryden Hind & P. iii. 607 Night came, but unattended with repose. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 678 Every benefit..procured for any individual,..if unattended with bad consequences, is a profit made to the whole. 1787W. Tickell Acc. New Chym. Med. (title-page), Its specific virtue in..all coughs unattended with inflammation. 1837Lytton Athens II. 4 It seldom happens that their renown in life was unattended with reverses equally signal. 1885Manch. Exam. 6 Jan. 5/2 The collision was unattended with grave consequences.
(b)1726Pope Odyss. xix. 601 Unattended by sincere repose, The night assists my ever-wakeful woes. 1749Fielding Tom Jones viii. xi, I could have gladly embraced Death,..if it had offered itself to my Choice unattended by Shame. 1847W. C. L. Martin Ox 11/1 Nor is the chase unattended by danger, for a wounded bison often turns on his assailant. 1884Manch. Exam. 12 Sept. 5/3 The accident to the Fenella..was fortunately unattended by worse consequences.
3. Not attended to. (Also without prep.)
1729Boyer Dict. Royal 11, Unattended to, (disregarded)..negligé. 1791Cowper Retired Cat 66 The sun descended, And puss remain'd still unattended. 1803Edwin III. ix. 150 No circumstance, however trivial, should be unattended to, from whence aid to our purpose may be derived. 1874Ruskin Fors Clav. IV. xxxvii. 4, I don't suppose any man with a tongue in his head and zeal to use it was ever left so entirely unattended to. |