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unwithˈstood, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 b.]
Not withstood or hindered; unopposed; also, not successfully opposed.
1595Daniel Civ. Wars ii. vii, And stately Thames, inricht with many a flood,..Glides on with pompe of waters vnwithstood. 1708J. Philips Cyder i. 591 Cressy Plains, And Agincourt, deep-ting'd with Blood, confess What the Silures Vigour unwithstood Cou'd do in rigid Fight. 1757W. Wilkie Epigon. i. 18 When the barb'rous tyrant, un⁓withstood, His hot revenge shall quench in Grecian blood. 1819Shelley Masque A. xxxvi, As if their own indignant Earth..Had turned every drop of blood By which her face had been bedewed To an accent unwithstood. 1848Aird Nebuchad. v. ii, A band..bore the centre of the Persians back... Deep was pushed that column unwithstood. |