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unˈmoved, ppl. a. [un-1 8, 5 b.] 1. Not moved by emotion or excitement; unaffected, undisturbed; collected, calm.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxvii. (Vincencius) 397 His thocht wes vnmowit ay, Sa ferme wes he in cristis fay. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 2 They which in his absence did stand assured and vnmoued. a1586Sidney Arcadia i. i, Holding his head up full of unmoved majestie. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §44 When he found the Duke un⁓moved by all the considerations and arguments..he had offered. 1697Dryden æneis v. 526 My soul is still the same, Unmoved with fear, and moved with martial fame. 1720Swift Fates Clergym. Wks. 1755 II. ii. 26 Only Corusodes was silent and unmoved. 1796F. Burney Camilla IV. 326 Edgar could not hear unmoved the dialogue which ensued. 1830Tennyson Poems 39 If so be if from doubt at length, Truth may stand forth unmoved of change. 1831James Phil. Augustus III. vii, The chilling unmoved glance of her large dark eye. 1885‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay v, The unmoved composure of the practised detectives. †b. Unprovoked. Obs.—1
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 212 The Mannatee or Cow-fish..is..a gentle fish vnmoued, and some say affects the visage of a man. 2. Not moved in position; unstirred; remaining fixed or steady.
c1440Promp. Parv. 366/1 On-mevyd, immotus. 1513Douglas æneid vii. v. 131 His sycht vnmovyt to the erd dyd he prent. 1628May Virg. Georg. ii. 51 Therefore no windes..orethrow Those Trees; for many yeares unmov'd they grow. 1697Dryden Virg. Past. x. 45 Unmoved, and with dejected eyes, he mourned. 1744Berkeley Siris §1 The vessel must stand close covered and unmoved three days. a1795Philidor Studies of Chess (1817) 99 An un⁓moved Rook. 1841James Brigand ix, The heavy vapours hung unmoved around the peaks. 1887Field 15 Oct. 603/2 The unmoved ground..is very dry a few inches from the surface. 3. (See move v. 5 b.)
1843R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xiv. 153 He told me he passed the night in great torture, and that the bowels were still unmoved. Hence unˈmovedness.
1628Feltham Resolves ii. xix. 61 They set him almost in the Throne of a Deitie; ascend him to an vnmouednesse. 1687Boyle Martyrd. Theodora xi. 120 All the unmov'dness of mind, she us'd to be Mistress of. |