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▪ I. unˈtented, ppl. a.1 [un-1 8 + tent v.4] Unprobed, undressed.
1605Shakes. Lear i. iv. 322 Th' vntented woundings of a Father's curse Pierce euerie sense about thee. 1822Milman Martyr of Antioch 65 With open and untented wounds. 1828Scott Aunt Marg. Mirror ad fin., The wounds of an untented conscience. ▪ II. † unˈtented, ppl. a.2 Obs. [un-1 8 + tent v.2] Not tempted.
1725in Peterkin Ork. & Zetl. (1822) I. 223 The straight pathes of virtue and untented honesty. ▪ III. unˈtented, ppl. a.3 Sc. or arch. [un-1 8 + tent v.1] Unheeded, unregarded.
1791J. Learmont Poems 61 The least untentit, lowse spoke word, Gars them draw the duellin' sword. c1800R. Gill Elegy Pudding Lizzie xiii, While busy time still jogged on, Unmark'd, untented. 1867Morris Jason x. 300 Great herds of deer and neat,..Seeming all wild.., For quite untented here and there they ran. ▪ IV. unˈtented, ppl. a.4 [un-1 8 + tented ppl. a.] Not furnished with a tent or tents.
1891Cent. Dict. s.v., An untented army;..an untented field. |