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unenˈcumbered, ppl. a.
Also 8–9 unin-.
(un-1 8.) a. In pred. use and const. with or by.
α1722De Foe Plague (1754) 22 Such People as were unincumbred with Trades and Business. 1800Asiat. Ann. Reg., Hist. Ind. 13/2 His forces now consisting of light horse only, unincumbered by artillery or heavy baggage. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. iv. 117 He is unincumbered by any restrictions.
β1727Thomson Britannia 208 Unencumber'd with the Bulk immense Of Conquest. 1822Scott Nigel x, His address was gallant, free, and unencumbered either by pride or ceremony. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt iv, His small legs, unencumbered by any other drapery than his black silk stockings.
b. Without const., in predicative or attrib. use.
c1725Somerville Martial's Epigr. xlvii. 6 An estate,..unincumber'd left, and free from debt. 1781Cowper Truth 22 Heav'n's easy, artless, unincumber'd plan. 1818Syd. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 235 This seems a very spirited, unincumbered way of passing through life. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xvi. 188 My first impulse was to move..with an unencumbered party. 1884Sir E. Fry in Law Rep. 25 Ch. Div. 581 Jeffery was the unencumbered lessee..of all the other plots.
Hence unenˈcumberedness.
1891Atlantic Monthly Feb. 182/2 To step jauntily along in airy unencumberedness. |