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unimˈpaired, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
Before 1760 somewhat rare; in freq. use from c 1790.
1583Golding Calvin on Deut. 41 b, In such wise as God may holde still his right vnimpayred. 1628Sir R. Le Grys tr. Barclay's Argenis 122 To him will I restore what they rob'd thee of, as I finde by them yet vnempayred. 1738G. Lillo Marina ii. ii, My youth yet unimpair'd By riot or disease. 1772Junius' Lett. Ded. (1788) 7 When you leave the unimpaired, hereditary freehold to Your children. 1816Byron Ch. Har. iii. v, Shapes which dwell Still unimpair'd, though old, in the soul's haunted cell. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xx. IV. 532 She..repeated her part of the office with unimpaired memory. 1860Motley Netherl. ii. I. 51 He had preserved the most unimpaired good-humour. |