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unˈkept, ppl. a.
Also 4 north. unkepide, 5 (Sc. 6) unkepit; etc.
[un-1 8, 8 b.]
1. Not attended to; not tended or looked after; neglected.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 28 If þou..latis þame [sc. the feet] spill for defaute of kepynge—unarayede, unkepide, and noghte tente to as þam aughte for to be,—thou pleses Hym noghte. c1440Pallad. on Husb. xii. 57 Lond vnkept and insolent. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 514 Sho hir childe saw vnkepyd, And wante þat he was wonte to haue. 1469Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 336 That they goo to noon other labore and lewe the gye rope unkepit. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. i. i. 9 He keepes me rustically at home, or (to speak more properly) staies me heere at home vnkept. 1611Florio, Incustodito, vnkept, not looked vnto.
b. Unguarded, undefended.
c1400Destr. Troy 1085 The kyng had no knawlache..Of the folke so furse,..For-þi vnkeppit were þe costes all þe kythe ouer. 1611Florio, Suadata, open, vnkept, free for all men.
2. Not observed or obeyed; disregarded.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 38 Certis þei..maken hem..to leue holy writt vnstudied, vnknoud & vnkept. c1440Jacob's Well 154 He..is for-sworn, for truthe vnkept & othe brokyn is all on. 1513Douglas æneid iv. x. 61 Allace! vnkeipit is the trew cunnand. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. iv. xiv. §5 Many things generally kept heretofore, are now..vnkept and abolished euerywhere. 1623Sanderson Serm. (1632) 151 Lawes..are farre better vnmade, then vnkept.
3. Not stored up.
1842Tennyson Will Waterproof 97 Whether the vintage, yet unkept, Had relish fiery-new. |