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unˈmade, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 b, 5 d.]
1. a. Not (yet) made, in senses of the verb.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 671 Babel, ðat tur, bi-lef un-mad. 1375Barbour Bruce iv. 608 He..thoucht to leif the fyre vn⁓maid. c1400Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton, 1483) v. i. 74 God..maketh as many werkes as better ben made than vnmade. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xx. 445 Thys cave sheweth not that it hathe be vnmade this hundred yeres passed. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 81 Whiche..lefte the lettre .O. that he was in makynge halfe vnmade. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iii. iii. 70 Taking the measure of an vn⁓made graue. 1623Sanderson Serm. (1632) 151 Lawes..are farre better vnmade, then vnkept. 1680Sir J. Foulis Acc. Bk. (S.H.S.) 165 To [blank] davison for 4 duzn unmade pens. 1704Lond. Gaz. No. 3981/4 With new fine Holland Shifts and Hankerchiefs unmade. 1716Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 132 Whatever of cloth, made or unmade, linen yarn or woollen. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. iii. 180, I die,..My mind unsettled, and my will unmade. 1828Lights & Shades I. 286 A halfclothed mother seated on the corner of an unmade bed. 1885C. E. Pascoe Lond. of To-day 315 The plain unmade satin scarf.
b. spec. Untrained. (Cf. made ppl. a. 6.)
1856H. Dixon Post & Paddock i. 4 The largest market in the world for unmade hunters and carriage-horses.
2. Existing without having been made; uncreated but existent.
c1350Athanasian Creed in MS. Bodl. 425 fol. 69 b, Bot on unmade and on mikel is he. 1434Misyn Mending Life 122 O sweit light..þat is my makar vn-made, liȝt þe face..of my Inward eyn with clernes vn-made. c1449Pecock Repr. ii. xvi. 242 Thei..helden that al the bodili heuen..was vnmaad, and was euer withoute bigynnyng of tyme. 1563J. Man Musculus' Commonpl. 373, I doe fynde generally two Natures, one not made, the other made. Wee call that unmade (non factam), which belongeth unto God. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. Pref., The Latter asserted an Un⁓made Mind, whereas the Former Generated all Mind..out of those Qualified Atoms. 1682Norris Hierocles Pref. 23 Unmade, Self-existent, independent Deities. 1720Waterland Eight Serm. 239 If He existed before anything was made, He must..be unmade, and therefore eternal. 1827Pollok Course T. vi. 630 Maker, Upholder, Governor of all! Thyself unmade, ungoverned, unupheld! 1884Congregat. Year Bk. 93 His world is a world without design, atoms are the unmade makers of all things.
3.
†a. Sc. (with complement). Obs.
1456[see un-1 5 d (b)]. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 436 Quhat chancet on Pasche day..suld not be vnmaid mentioune of.
b. With advs. Not made out, up, etc.
1600Hakluyt Voy. III. 87 A Pinnesse..which was caryed in pieces, and vnmade vp. a1631Donne Elegy xv. 97 Countless multitudes Of formlesse curses, projects unmade up. a1680Butler Charac., Pedant (1908) 136 He wears his little Learning, unmade-up, put it on, before it was half finished. 1707Mortimer Husb. 379 Where the rows and brush lie longer unbound or unmade up. 1833Lamb Let. to Cary in Final Mem. viii, I think we scarce left anything unmadeout. 1936D. Powell Turn, Magic Wheel ii. 133 Their decently un-made-up little wives. 1960News Chron. 12 Oct. 3/2 Her unmade-up face smiling. 1971J. Turner Stone Dormitory vi. 63 He went on along the unmade-up road. 1978R. Hill Pinch of Snuff iv. 42 He was roused from the unmade-up spare bed by Ellie pulling his hair. |