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unˈbreathed, (ppl.) a.
[un-1 8, 8 c, 9. For pronunc. see breathed ppl. a.]
†1. Unexercised; unpractised. Obs.
1590Cokaine Treat. Hunting C 4 Who so hunteth vnbreathed hounds at the Bucke first in hot weather. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. v. i. 73 Hard handed men,..Which neuer labour'd in their mindes till now; And now haue toyled their vnbreathed memories With this same play. 1620Quarles Jonah 99 A Muse vnbreath'd, vnlikely to obtaine An easie honour, by so stout a Traine. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 45, I cannot praise a fugitive and cloister'd vertue, unexercis'd and unbreath'd.
2. a. Not having recovered breath.
1692Prior Ode Imit. Hor. v, Yon' Hero, crown'd with blooming Victory,..And yet unbreath'd from Battles gain'd.
b. Not out of breath or exhausted.
1901Kipling Kim 369 Kim's messenger dropped from the steep pasture as unbreathed as when she had set out.
3. Not breathed (upon); not respired.
1817Moore Lalla Rookh, Veiled Prophet ii. 186 When from those lips, unbreath'd upon for years, I shall again kiss off the soul-felt tears. 1831Wordsw. Yarrow Revisited vi. 9 Rocks, rivers, and smooth lakes more clear than glass Untouched, unbreathed upon. 1884Imp. Dict. s.v., Air unbreathed.
4. Not uttered or whispered.
a1827J. Hislop Cameronian's Dream 30 The vengeance that darkened their brow was unbreathed. |