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unproˈvoked, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
1585Abp. Sandys Serm. xv. 264 The voluntarie and vn⁓prouoked operation of the spirite. 1641Bp. Hall Answ. Vind. Smectymnuus To Rdr. A 3, When..the Smectymnuans,..unprovoked, unthought of,..flye in my face, as men wrongfully accused. 1712Steele Spect. No. 427 ⁋2 This Heroine had..out-done the whole Sisterhood of Gossips, in..unprovoked Malice. 1759Sterne Tr. Shandy ii. xii, These unprovoked strokes at my uncle Toby's [hobby⁓horse]. 1819Scott Ivanhoe xli, To discover..who have been my unprovoked enemies. 1849C. Brontë Shirley xxiii, In answer to unprovoked insult.
Hence unproˈvokedly adv., -ness.
1663Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. i. v. 95 Galen..some⁓where *unprovokedly and causelessly enough derides Moses. 1781T. Davies Mem. Garrick (ed. 3) I. 23 He was rudely and unprovokedly attacked by a boisterous man. 1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xvi. xii. IV. 455 His conduct..has nothing of bad, at least of unprovokedly bad.
1856Faber Creator & Creature ii. i, God's..tenderness,..His extraordinary *unprovokedness. |