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undiˈscussed, ppl. a.
(un-1 8 and 5 b.)
In older use (15–17th c.) chiefly in the sense of ‘undecided, unsettled’: see discuss v. 4.
c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 5697 Þe lest thoghtes þat thurgh use had yhe In þe dome sal noght undiscussed be. 1439Rolls of Parlt. V. 17/1 Which Assise hangyng undiscussed, ye same Phelip desired often tymes [etc.]. a1513Fabyan Chron. v. cxvi. 90 Not without great stryfe had atwene hym and his sayde vncle,..whereof at this day some deale was vndiscussyd. 1567–9Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 458 This matter notwithstanding it had beene much beaten thorow the world, yet lay still vndiscussed. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God. 561 This question wee touched at in our third booke, but left it undiscussed. 1643Prynne Sov. Power Parl. i. (ed. 2) 31 That the Parliament should not depart so long as any Petition..hangeth undiscussed or undecided.
[1775Ash.] 1818Cobbett Resid. U.S. (1819) 294 There remains a very important part of the subject yet undiscussed. 1898S. Evans Holy Graal 30 The question was left undiscussed and unsettled. |