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unˈwearied, ppl. a. [un-1 8. Cf. OE. unᵹewériᵹod.] Of persons, things, etc.: Not wearied, tired, or tired out; also, never becoming weary; indefatigable.
a1240Sawles Warde in O.E. Hom. I. 261 Þe oðre..iblescede gastes þe beoð a biuore godd..ant singeð a un⁓werȝed. a1400–50Alexander 3622 Þe pepill..ware petusly woundid Of Olifauntis..; All at vnweried a-way wynnes in þe stoundis Durst neuir his face to his faes eft on fold bide. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VI, 141 b, The vnweried chieftain & manly warrior. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. iii. ii. 296 The best condition'd and vnwearied spirit In doing curtesies. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 27 They intreated me to come vp in the Caroch, but I..would not, replying..my body [was] vnwearied. a1684Leighton Comm. 1 Pet. ii. (1693) 472 The Soul that is most active, and unwearied in Sin. 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 313 We might spend whole Years unwearied in the Examination of them. 1791Cowper Iliad xviii. 293 The sun, Unwearied minister of light. 1816Wilson City of Plague ii. ii. 79 The fairy..On plumes unwearied..floateth still. 1818Milman Samor viii. 95 If yet this heart unwearied may bear on. 1871Jowett Plato II. 10 The unwearied and disinterested seeker after truth. b. Of qualities, actions, conditions, etc.: Marked by absence of abatement; unremitting.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 8 b, He..cesseth not to shewe hys vnweried bountifulnesse vpon miserable sinners. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. i. iii. §2 [The sun] as a Giant doth runne his vnwearied course. 1625Godwin Moses & Aaron (1641) A 2 b, An unwearied assiduity in perusing those sacred Oracles. 1678Vaughan Thalia Rediv. 64 The Wisdom of the Bee, And her unwearied Industry. 1704J. Trapp Abra-Mulé ii. i. 367 Had not my Care, My vigilant, unweary'd Diligence Still balk'd..the Visier's Conduct. 1782F. Burney Cecilia ii. iii, The ludicrous mixture of groups kept her attention unwearied. 1820Scott Monast. vi, The active and unwearied exercise of his sharp and piercing intellect. 1861Trench Comm. Ep. Churches Asia 69 The unwearied activity of Christ in his Church. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xxx. 259 Bond..languidly thanked him for his faithful and unwearied exertions. |