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unˈrivalled, ppl. a. (un-1 8.)
1591Shakes. Two Gent. v. iv. 144, I heere..Plead a new state in thy vn-riual'd merit, To which I thus subscribe. 1667Milton P.L. iii. 68 Uninterrupted joy, unrivald love In blissful solitude. 1693Dryden Juvenal x. 492 But your Endymion,..Unrivall'd, shall a Beauteous Dame enjoy. 1708J. Philips Cyder ii. 7 Thou view'st..what Unrival'd Authors by their Presence made For ever venerable. 1771Junius' Lett. lxvii. (1772) II. 305 note, In the memoirs of private treachery they stand first and unrivalled. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iv. I. 445 Unrivalled powers of argument and eloquence. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. xv. 369 [He] had shown himself unrivalled and above all competitors. |