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unˈshaken, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 b and 8 c.]
1. Not shaken or agitated.
c1460[see un-1 5 c]. 1602Shakes. Ham. iii. ii. 201 Which now like Fruite vnripe stickes on the Tree, But fall vnshaken, when they mellow bee. 1712Blackmore Creation i. 343 These strong, unshaken mounds, resist the shocks Of tides. 1762Falconer Shipwr. ii. 314 [The canvas] lies at length unshaken by the wind. 1798W. L. Bowles Poems, St. Michael's Mt. 75 Firm as stands the rock's unshaken base.
2. Not moved from a firm position or state; unweakened; steadfast, steady.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John i. 12 Able to stand stable and vnshaken against al temptacions of the deiuill. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, iii. ii. 199 My Duty..Should the approach of this wilde Riuer breake, And stand vnshaken yours. 1659W. Chamberlayne Pharon. i. iii. 384 With such unshaken confidence as we Pray on the expanded wings of faith. 1711Steele Spect. No. 75 ⁋7 A firm and unshaken Expectation of another Life. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 361 He will never get an unshaken seat in the saddle, who never rides an unruly horse. 1823Scott Quentin D. xxii, The Bishop cast a melancholy but unshaken look upon the grisly satellite. 1848A. Jameson Sacr. & Leg. Art II. 188 Her unshaken constancy. 1883A. Roberts O.T. Revis. ii. 29 The tradition..remains unshaken.
3. Not shivered or cracked. rare.
1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 42 Now sawe out thy timber..to haue it vnshaken, and ready to sale. 1828Craven Gloss. Unshacken, not cracked.
4. Not shaken out; unscattered.
1765Museum Rust. IV. 134, I found a considerable quantity of the nameless grass, the seed unshaken.
Hence unˈshakenly adv.
1882C. F. Woolson Anne 384 Feeling drearily, unshakenly sure. |