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▪ I. † unˈsleeping, vbl. n. Obs.
[un-1 13.]
Lack of sleep.
a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 56 Brennyng with greuous prikkyng, and smertyng, and vnslepyng. Ibid. 72 If þat þe thenasmon last long, it bringeþ to..vnslepyng and feblenes of vertu.
▪ II. unˈsleeping, ppl. a.
(un-1 10.)
1667Milton P.L. v. 644 The unsleeping eyes of God. 1744Thomson Autumn 415 She sits Conceal'd, with folded Ears; unsleeping Eyes. 1777Potter æschylus, Prom. Bd. 7 The joyless station of this rock Unsleeping, unreclining, shalt thou keep. 1805Southey Madoc in Wales iii. 195 The unsleeping eye Of justice. 1863Ld. Lytton Ring Amasis II. 293 Dear heart! Again you have passed a whole night long unsleeping.
fig.a1613Overbury A Wife, etc. (1614) H 2, Policie is the vnsleeping night of reason. 1796Coleridge Destiny of Nations 106 Whose unheard name..Unsleeping Silence guards. 1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 428 Unerring and unsleeping steadiness. 1841Elphinstone Hist. Ind. II. 520 The unsleeping suspicions of Aurangzib were stirred up.
Hence unˈsleepingly adv.
1877Daily News 16 Jan. 4/5 Our pressure must be friendly, but very firm and unsleepingly watchful. |