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unreˈsisting, ppl. a.
(un-1 10.)
1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis ii. xi. 98 The River..gently mingled itselfe with the unresisting Sea. 1653Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year l. xx. 270 The bondage of conquered, wounded, unresisting people. 1691Norris Pract. Disc. 329 As a Stone..[falling] through an unresisting Medium. 1744Thomson Spring 440 To the Shore You gayly drag your unresisting Prize. 1786tr. Beckford's Vathek 116 That unresisting languor, so frequently fatal to the female heart. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiii. III. 282 The Jacobites, silent and unresisting, became prisoners. 1874J. Geikie Gt. Ice Age xxi. 270 The rocky crust of the earth must needs have been as unresisting as putty.
Hence unreˈsistingly adv., -ness.
1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian vi, Ellena followed unresistingly up a path. 1844Kinglake Eothen xxvi, They..unresistingly left their property to the hands of the spoilers. 1883Knowledge 20 July 34/2 Groaningly it may be, but still unresistingly. 1900Mrs. H. Ward Eleanor vi, Her attitude by its sad unresistingness appealed to Lucy. |