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unˈperfected, ppl. a. (now unperˈfected) (un-1 8, 5 b.)
a1513Fabyan Chron. vii. 491 By reason of which..trewes the hostes were deseuered, and the ende of y⊇ warre vnparfyted. c1542Surrey in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 29 A mark, the which (vnparfited, for time) Some may approche, but neuer none shall hit. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis v. x. 363 The businesse yet stands well; the alliance unperfected; Argenis unmarried. 1657W. Rand tr. Gassendi's Life Peiresc ii. 192 He never willingly left anything unperfected. 1716–20Lett. fr. Mist's Jrnl. (1722) I. 308 These..are but half Gentlemen,..debased, unperfected things. 1864Reader No. 86. 219/2 An unperfected sketch. 1891Farrar Darkn. & Dawn xli, Shall any germ of good in man's soul perish unperfected? |