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unˈweariable, a.
[un-1 7 b.]
Incapable of being or becoming wearied or tired; indefatigable, unremitting.
App. disused in the 18th cent., and reintroduced in the 19th, when it came into common use.
a. Of persons or things.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 47 An enemie that is..in diligence and celeritie vnweriable. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. i. iv. §1 Desire to resemble him in goodnes maketh them vnweariable. 1608Bp. Hall Char. Virtues & V. ii. (1614) 259 If the others eare were as vnweariable as his tongue. 1626― Contempl., O.T. xxi. vi, He is vnweariable with our requests. 1694in R. H. Story W. Carstares (1874) 234 A great fervency in expression, and unweariable lungs, are mistaken by the poor ignorant for zeal and piety.
[1775Ash.] 1810Southey Kehama xvi. xix, That unweariable foe, With will relentless follows still. 1854Thoreau Walden (1863) 253 So long-winded was he and so unweariable. 1899Mackail W. Morris II. 217 Through all that period, his sister was his..unweariable nurse.
b. Of qualities, conditions, or actions.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xxv. 5 He hung uppon God with unweeriable constancie. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. Pref. 17 An vnweariable desire of receyuing instruction. 1627J. Carter Plain Expos. 5 It requireth vnweariable labour and paines all our life long. 1651Gataker in Fuller Abel Rediv. (1867) I. 242 An insatiable ardour and unweariable endeavour of continual..hearing or reading.
1813Shelley Q. Mab vii. 198 Resolved to wage unweariable war With my almighty Tyrant. a1842Arnold Hist. Rome (1845) III. 141 The Numidians..chased them with unweariable speed. 1880I. L. Bird Japan II. 260 Their unweariable good nature.
Hence unˈweariableness.
1647Trapp Comm. Acts vi. 5 Famous for their unweariableness in God's work. 1652W. Brough Sacr. Princ. 64 Why such unweariablnesse to have my will? |