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† unˈcurable, a. Obs.
[un-1 7 b and 5 b. Cf. MDu. oncurable.]
1. = incurable a. 1. (Common c 1400–1650.)
a. Of wounds, diseases, etc.
1382Wyclif Deut. xxxii. 33 Venym of eddres vncurable. 1388― Isaiah xiv. 6 The ȝerde of lordis, that beet puplis..with vncurable wounde. a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 4, I afferme noȝt that I miȝt hele al ffistulae in ano, ffor som ben vncurable. c1450Lydg. Secrees 1425 The tyme dyuerse..sodeynly men schent, be seknessys which be unkurable. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 82 Lepry, fransy, & suche other, whiche be in maner vncurable. 1562Turner Baths Pref., Many sore and otherwyse uncurable syknesses. 1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, iii. i. 286 Send Succours (Lords) and stop the Rage betime, Before the Wound doe grow vncurable. 1622Gataker Spirituall Watch 86 Decay of nature, old age, and some vncureable diseases. 1650Trapp Comm. Exod. xv. 26 To an Almightie Physician no diseas is uncurable.
fig.1652Heylyn Cosmogr. iv. 22 Of all Surfeits this of Forraign supplies is most uncurable.
b. Of persons. Also fig.
a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 1 Sir Adam..made for to aske counsel at all the lechez and cirurgienz that he myȝt fynde... And all forsoke hym for vncurable. c1440Gesta Rom. xxxvii. 152 (Add. MS.), Yit he dothe many synnes ayenst god, and so he is vncurable. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 36 b, As al those Romish be utterly uncurable. 1609Bible (Douay) Deut. xxviii. 35 Be thou uncurable from the sole of thy foote unto the toppe of thy head. 1657Sparrow Bk. Com. Prayer 138 Malice or revenge which makes us unpardonable and uncurable. 1775Ash.
2. transf. and fig. = incurable a. 2.
a1340Hampole Psalter cxxxix. 3 Thai hafe..malice vncurabil in þaire hert. c1545H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture B iiij, An olde man & a yonge woman, to satysfye is vncurable. 1626in Foster Eng. Factories India (1909) III. 136 Her leake prooved uncureable. 1650Baxter Saints' R. iii. iii. (1662) 325 An eternal, absolute, tormenting, uncurable despair. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. iv. (1677) 103 The absurdities and incongruities..are infinite and uncurable.
Hence † unˈcurableness; † unˈcurably adv.
a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 38 Whiche.. makeþ euermore pronosticacion..als wele of deþ as of vncurablenes. 1548Udall Erasm. Par. Luke v. 59 b, Wheras theim selfes wer euen for this verai poynte vncurably wicked enemies of God. 1643Milton Divorce vii. heading, A matrimony found to be uncurably unfit. 1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋61 The uncurablenesse of diseases. |