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unˈlightened, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
†1. Unenlightened. Obs.
1587Golding De Mornay xxii. 389 Princes vnlightened by God, are so desirous of vainglorie. 1627Hakewill Apol. 35 Onely this part of [Christendom]..remaines..vnlightned, in the darkenes of ignorance.
2. Not lighted up; unbrightened; † unlighted.
1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (Maitland Cl.) I. 113 A glorious altar sett vp, with..two unlightned candles, and two basins. 1659W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida iii. ii. 19 Whilst she did remain Unlightened with a beam of comfort. 1852Bailey Festus (ed. 4) 42 Some seem to live, Whose hearts are like those unlightened stars Of the first darkness. 1896Westm. Gaz. 2 May 2/2 Sombre gloom, unlightened save for the red staves of the inverted halberds. |