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unˈwearying, ppl. a. [un-1 10.] 1. That does not grow or become weary; unremitting, untiring.
1600J. Melvill Autob. & Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 463 An unweireing and constant occupatioun in doctrine, prayer, and praise. 1762Falconer Shipwr. i. 22 She o'er the spacious flood..Unwearying wafted her commercial store. 1824L. M. Hawkins Annaline III. 1 Her unwearying attendant..sought for it. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. iv. vii, The Heavens, unwearying in their bounty, do send other souls into this world. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xiv. 158 [The dogs] walk in straight and curved lines with anxious and unwearying perseverance. 2. Not causing or producing weariness.
1799W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. (1843) I. 297 The unwearied and unwearying eloquence of Mackintosh. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Note-bks. (1872) I. 11 Stately edifices prolonging themselves in unwearying magnificence and beauty. 1886Athenæum 24 April 548/3 Success presently waited..upon the unwearying charms of her person and conversation. |