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unˈsearched, ppl. a.
[un-1 8, 8 c.]
1. Not searched; unexamined, uninvestigated:
a. In predicative use, after leave, go, pass, etc.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 131 b, It shall leaue no corner of our soules..vnserched. a1548Hall Chron., Edw. V, 7 Watchyng, that no person..should passe vnserched. 1621Fletcher Thierry & Theod. v. i, Since you have your tricks..we will not leave a wrinkle of you unsearcht. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 12 Suffering a Ship..to lye..in Harbour unsearched. 1765Wilkes Corr. (1805) II. 138 The two trunks..were suffered to go out of Rome unsearched. 1832G. Downes Lett. Cont. Countries I. 399 The custom-house officers..letting all ours [sc. luggage] pass unsearched. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. iii. vi, The chimney was not left unsearched.
b. In attributive use.
1568Jacob & Esau i. iii. B j, Whatsoeuer mysterie the Lorde therein ment, Must be referred to his vnserched iudgement. 1615Chapman Odyss. xxiv. 640 Pallas spake To Ioue..And askt of him, what his vnsearched mind Held vndiscouer'd. a1649Crashaw Carmen Deo Nostro, To C'tess Denbigh 36 The self-shutt cabinet of an unsearcht soul. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Fossile Shells, Other yet unknown or unsearched seas and shores. 1821Byron Heaven & Earth iii. 912 The ocean..grasps each drowning hill, Nor leaves an unsearch'd cave. 1879Farrar St. Paul xxxi. II. 24 That unsearched borderland which lies between the natural and the supernatural.
2. Not searched for.
1730A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. p. x, All which..have been unsearch'd for, and unknown. |