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unˈfortified, ppl. a.
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1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. clxx. 484 The lorde of the Towre was sore blamed..that he had lefte that place vnfortifyed and vnprouyded. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 467 The which Beare..finding the den vnfortified..entred into the same. 1709Pope Ess. Crit. 434 While their weak heads, like towns unfortify'd, 'Twixt sense and nonsense daily change their side. 1775Burke Sp. Concil. Amer. Wks. III. 64 Pouring down upon your unfortified frontiers a fierce and irresistible cavalry. 1849Grote Greece ii. xlvii. (1862) IV. 170 Samos remained..unfortified, deprived of its fleet.
fig.1602Shakes. Ham. i. ii. 96 It shewes..A Heart vnfortified, a Minde impatient. 1646Hammond Sinnes 18 The will will be taken unfortified, and so..won to consent. 1705Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. iii. Pain 14 Persons of the tenderest Age, of the most unfortified Sex,..encountered the Fury of wild Beasts. 1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) V. 659 A mere pecuniary interest, unfortified by any admixture of sympathy. 1885Manch. Exam. 4 Feb. 5/2 This opinion,..unfortified by legal sanction. |