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unsinˈcere, a.
[un-1 7 and 5 b.]
1. = insincere a. 1:
a. Of actions, etc.
1577tr. Bullinger's Decades 566/1 The consideration of the vnsincere feare of God. 1646Hammond Death-bed Repent. 62 Sure there is such a thing as unsincere resolution. 1683Temple Mem. Wks. 1720 I. 410 To act an unsincere Part either in Friendship or in Love. 1718Freethinker No. 83, An affected, unsincere Humility towards God.
b. Of persons. Also absol.
1617Hieron Wks. 1620 II. 155 Judas [was] an apostle, yet what careth God for him, being vnsincere? 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. xxii. 85, I cannot pronounce any thing in the behalf of the unsincere, but that Hell it self is their portion. 1700Congreve Way of World i. C 1 b, What, I warrant he's unsincere, or 'tis some such Trifle. c1742Shenstone Song, ‘On ev'ry tree’ v, My friends..Might well demand one tender tear; For when was Damon unsincere?
†2. = insincere a. 2. Obs.
1664Boyle Exper. touching Colours 197 The Light of a Candle..made unsincere, and..Ting'd with a Yellow Colour. 1666Dryden Ann. Mirab. ccix, But ah! how unsincere are all our Joys! 1725Pope Odyssey iv. 1060 O why, Penelope, this causeless fear, To render sleep's soft blessings unsincere?
Hence unsinˈcereness.
1683Temple Mem. Wks. 1720 I. 435 When the Dutch should grow more impatient of the Slowness or Unsincereness of their Allies Proceedings in the General Treaty. |