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unˈguilty, a.
Forms: (see un-1 4 c and guilty a.).
[un-1 7.]
1. Not guilty; guiltless; innocent:
a. Of persons.
c893[see below]. c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 1018 Is þis an honour to þi deite That folk vngiltyf [v.r. ongilti] suffren here Iniure? 1388Wyclif Num. xiv. 18 Doynge awei wickidnesse and trespassis, and leeuynge no man vngilti. c1440Jacob's Well 22 Fleeth hem, ȝif ȝe be vngylty, & leuyth hem, ȝif ȝe be gilty. 1558T. Phaer æneid ii. C iv b, Whom by a treason false the Greekes..Ungiltie did condempne. 1599Breton Miseries Manillia Wks. (Grosart) II. 46/1 The Lord of lordes dooth knowe this tale to bee untrue, And her unguiltie. a1634Chapman Alphonsus v. i. 220, I kill'd thy father, therefore let me die, But save the life of this unguilty Empress. 1736Thomson Liberty iv. 330 Rare to be seen, unguilty cities rise, Cities of brothers form'd. 1816Monthly Mag. XLII. 430 Thou sea,..Receive for ever in thy dark abyss The unguilty Melicertes. 1860Trench Serm. Westm. Abb. v. 53 The clothing..could only have been obtained at the cost of..the life of one unguilty.
absol.c893K. ælfred Oros. iv. vii. 184 Ac hit God wræc on him..þæt hie mid hiera cucum onguldon þæt hie ungyltiᵹe cwealdon. 13..Prose Psalter ix. 30 (Dubl. MS.), He sitteþ in waytynges wyþ ryche men in preuytes þat he slee þe vngylty. 1553Latimer Serm. Lord's Prayer vi. (1562) 46 And so we acknowledge our selues to be offenders. For the vngilty nedeth no pardon. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 146 The guilty and unguilty are censured both alike by the common sort. 1703Secr. Policy of Jansenists 24 That I may not asperse the unguilty.
b. Of the hands, mind, blood, etc.
13..Prose Psalter cv. 35 And hij..shadde blode nouȝt filed [v.r. vngilty blode]. 1382Wyclif Gen. xxxvii. 22 Kepe ȝe ȝoure hondes vngilti. 1595Daniel Civ. Wars i. xc, Stay here thy foote, thy yet vnguilty foote. 1605― Philotas iii. i, With th' assured Chear Of my unguilty Conscience. 1633Ford Broken H. ii. iii, Time can never On the white table of unguilty faith Write counterfeit dishonour. 1740Richardson Pamela I. 230 Surrendering up my Life, spotless and unguilty, to that merciful Being who gave it.
c. Of an animal. rare—1.
1600Maides Metam. i. in Bullen O. Pl. (1882) I. 109 And, hauing slaine it, rip his panting breast, And take the heart of the vnguiltie beast.
2. Guiltless or innocent of something.
c1440Jacob's Well 89 He of Baldac cryed, ‘late be! late be! he is vngylti of þat mannys deth!’ 1535Coverdale Matt. xxvii. 24, I am vngiltie of y⊇ bloude of this righteous man. 1577Grange Golden Aphrod. E iij b, Sith I vnguiltie am thereof, I wil not seeke the same T'excuse. 1606Chapman M. D'Olive Plays 1873 I. 224 Keepe your cullour stiffe, vnguiltie of passion or disgrace. 1820Hogg Tales & Sk. (1837) III. 96 He is as unguilty of the whole affair, as the child that is not after being born.
†b. Undeserving of. Obs.—1
1596W. Smith Chloris (1877) 21 With patience bearing loues captiuitie, Themselues vnguiltie of his wrath alleaging.
†3. Not involving guilt. Obs.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. x, This outward glosse, intitled Beautie, which it pleaseth you to lay to my (as I thinke) vnguiltie charge. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 213 That now and then, the digestion beares the unguilty fault of the expulsive faculty. |