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unˈcurbed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not curbed; unchecked, unrestrained.
1599Shakes. Hen. V, i. ii. 243 Therefore with franke and with vncurbed plainnesse, Tell vs the Dolphins minde. 1621Quarles Div. Poems, Esther Med. 19 True 'tis, the Law of God's the rule and squire, Whereby to limit Man's vncurb'd desire. 1660H. More Myst. Godl. v. xvii. 207 Their death conducing so much to the uncurbed fruition of all worldly and carnal enjoyments. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) I. 120 So licentious and uncurbed a liberty. 1821Keats Sonn., On Peace 13 Give thy kings law—leave not uncurbed the great. 1879Dixon Windsor I. vii. 67 Uncurbed by scruple, she gave orders to employ material force.
2. Free from a curb.
1680C. Nesse Church-Hist. 143 Absaloms mule..runs from under him with the reins uncurbed. 1801Southey Thalaba vi. iv, But when he saw the mouth Uncurb'd, the unbridled neck, Then his heart leapt. 1825Longfellow Burial of Minnisink 38 Leading the war-horse of their chief,..Uncurbed, unreined, and riderless.
Hence unˈcurbedly adv.
1685H. More Illustr. 150 The King of Pride, or Anti⁓christ, reigneth uncurbedly for a time. |