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undeˈsirous, a. (un-1 7.) Chiefly const. of (also that, to).
1654–66Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 289 That vice would render me as unworthy, as undesirous to live. 1670Devout Commun. (1688) 15 The qualms of undesirous Communicants. 1787Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 230 This hasty measure has embarrassed England, undesirous of war if it can be avoided. 1860Ruskin Mod. Paint. V. ix. i. §11 To a being undesirous of it, and hating it, revelation is impossible. 1879Athenæum 13 May, Forcing the crude productions of his mind on an undesirous world. |