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unˈprecedented, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
In frequent use from c 1760.
α1623in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 101 To forbid the Judges against their Oathes..is a thing unpresidented in this Kingdom. 1650Weldon Crt. Jas. I, 37 Which was a strange Judgement, and unpresidented. 1707Hearne Collect. II. 24 Y⊇ Delegates..declar'd the Dr's sentence pronounc'd against him by himself, as Assessor, to be unjust and unpresidented.
β1716Addison Freeholder No. 16 ⁋5 Nor did the Legislature do any thing in this that was unprecedented. 1743Bulkeley & Cummins Voy. S. Seas p. xiv, An audacious and unprecedented Action. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. II. 147 Some startling circumstance..which I was assured was unprecedented. 1874Green Short Hist. viii. §3. 487 A speech of unprecedented boldness.
Hence unˈprecedentedly adv., -ness.
1678Marvell Growth Popery 46 There was but one Reason given herein for declining the granting Money, and that is the Unpresidentedness. 1826T. Tooke Currency 56 The late disastrous, and unprecedentedly numerous failures. 1884Manch. Exam. 27 Nov. 5/4 The number of students attending was no doubt unprecedentedly great. |