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▪ I. † unˈwitting, vbl. n. Obs.
[un-1 13.]
1. Lack of knowledge; ignorance.
1382Wyclif Acts iii. 17, I woot that by vnwittinge [L. ignorantiam] ȝe diden, as and ȝoure princes. 1620T. Granger Div. Logike 34 The involuntarie vnwitting causeth, or effecteth a thing being ignorant thereof.
2. Unsoundness of mind; insanity.
1527Andrew Brunswyke's Distyll. Waters xvi. B. ij, [Borage-] water..is good agaynst madnes or vnwytyng [G. unsvnnigkeit] and melancolye.
▪ II. unˈwitting, ppl. a.
[OE. unwitende (un-1 10, 5 d), = OS. unwitandi, OHG. unwiȥȥanti, -enti, etc., MHG. unwiȥȥende (G. unwissend), ON. úvitandi (Norw. uvitande, MSw. ovitande, Sw. ovetande, Da. uvidende), Goth. unwitands. Cf. unweeting ppl. a.]
Rare after c 1600, until revived (perhaps after unweeting ppl. a.) c 1800.
1. Having no knowledge or cognizance of a particular fact, thing, etc.; not knowing, unaware, unconscious; hence, unheeding, regardless. Sometimes quasi-adv. (= unwittingly adv.).
pred.c893K. ælfred Oros. v. xiv. (1883) 248 He eac moniᵹ tacen self ᵹedyde..þeh he hie unwitende dyde. Ibid. v. xv. 250 He oft unwitende sloᵹ mid his heafde on þone waᵹ. c1375Cursor M. 19100 (Fairf.), [I] vnderstande Þat ȝe him slogh vn-witande. 1382Wyclif Joshua xx. 3 Whoso euer a lijf hath smytun vnwitynge. c1400Pilgr. Sowle i. xiii. (Caxton, 1483) 7 He was weschen vnwiting, and nought willyng hym self..that he ne myght..discerne to chesen good ne euyl. a1450Mirk's Festial 30 Scho..toke Seynt Steuen's bonys ynstude of hyr maystyrs, vnwyttyng. 1513Douglas æneid iii. ix. 53 My falloschip vnwitting forȝet me heir. c1580Sidney Ps. xxxv. vii, Then abiects, while I was unwitting quite, Against me swarme. 1613Fletcher, etc. Hon. Man's Fort. ii. i, I crave your Lordships pardon, your sudden apprehension on my steps made me to frame an answer unwitting and unworthy your respect.
1801Southey Thalaba viii. ii, His lean fingers play'd, Unwitting, with the grass that grew beside. 1852Kingsley Andromeda 50 No word, once spoken, returneth, Even if uttered unwitting. 1868Morris Earthly Par. I. i. 407 From her lips unwitting came a moan.
attrib.1582Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 53 Thee crack rack crashing the vnwitting pastor amazeth. 1833H. Coleridge North. Worthies 5 The danger of which he had been the unwitting cause. 1884Chr. Commonwealth 21 Feb. 439/2 Popular practice..imposes that ceremony [sc. baptism] on an unwitting babe.
b. Const. of.
1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy iv. 4863 Þou knewe nouȝt of þat offence, But fully were vnwytinge of þe dede. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. A j, Both of them.., unwitting of so much themselves, giving place to Christ. 1612Field Woman a Weathercock ii. i. D 1, This strange shape He altogether is vnwitting of.
1876Black Madcap Violet xxv, Drummond, all unwitting of any change. 1887Bowen æneid iii. 569 On the Cyclops coast, of the course unwitting, we run.
c. With direct object or objective clause.
(a)c1400Sc. Trojan War ii. 712 It plesed to Pryame þe kyng, As wnwittand þar purposyng. 1869‘Ouida’ Tricotrin xix, ‘But?’ asked the child,..unwitting the frightful truth that lay in the words.
(b)1810Scott Lady of L. iii. xx, Children that, unwitting why, Lent the gay shout their shrilly cry. 1814― Ld. of Isles v. xv, Unwitting from what source it came. 1866Sala Barbary 229 Quite unwitting that he is to be made king over Israel.
†2. In absolute constructions. (Also with of.)
a1300Cursor M. 12525 Iesus still him efter stal, Ioseph and mari vnwittand. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 56 Petir..wolde haue lettid cristis deþ.., him wnwyttyngge. c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. T. 767 (Ellesm. MS.), He slyly tooke it out.., Vnwityng this preest of his false craft. c1400Brut 325 Þe Englissh men..drenchyng al þe men þat were þerin, vnwytyng hem þat þey weren of þat cuntre. c1455Pecock Folewer 134 Whilis y kepe þe contraries of þo deedis so priueli to me, hem it vnwityng. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 227 Unwittand his ost, he passis fra his company in the woddis. 1500–20Dunbar Poems ix. 138, I schryve me of all cursit cumpany, All tymes both witting and vnwitting me. 1586Hooker Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 130/1 Others of Mounster, who before (and vnwitting the Butlers) had [etc.]. 1598Stow Survey 323 The Lord Gray of Ruthen,..vnwitting the Sergeantes and against their willes (as they said), was first placed. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. (1623) 189 Which things,..the Captaine unwitting thereof, I clapt up closely within my trunks.
†3. Without the knowledge of (also with possessive adjs.), unbeknown to, a person. Obs.
(a)a1300Cursor M. 3874 Bisid lya al night he lai, His vn⁓witand, til it was dai. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxix. (Placidas) 534 Nere-by, his vnwittand, his sonnis twa ware duelland. 1454Paston Lett. I. 287 My wif delyvered all, myn un⁓wetyng. 1470Ibid. II. 412 He sente to my Lady.., my onwetyng, or wythout eny preyer of me. 1513Douglas æneid iv. vi. 51 With dissimulance wenyt thow, wnfaithfull wycht, Thow mycht.., myne vnwitting, steill furth of my land?
(b)1340Ayenb. 37 [To] nyme..oþre manne þinges wyþ wrong and onwytinde and wyþ-oute wylle of þe lhorde. c1386Chaucer Frankl. T. 228 Vnwityng of this Dorigen at al This lusty Squier..Hadde loued hire. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) I. 531 That samin nycht..[Donald] Come on the king..With greit power wnwitanad of this king. Ibid. III. 23 Tha dressit thame till go Towart his oist.., Onwittand than of ony Scottis wicht.
(c)1386Rolls of Parlt. III. 226/1 Alle suche wronges hav ben unwytyng to us. 1531Elyot Gov. iii. vi, A gentilman,..unwyttynge to any persone, dyd cut of his owne eares. 1556Chron. Grey Friars (Camden) 17 The othe that he made un to the kynge of Ynglonde unwyttynge unto the pope. 1630R. N[orton] tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. i. 135 The two Earles.., vnwitting to the rest, presently withdrew themselues. 1633B. Jonson Tale Tub iv. i, Ile marry her to you, Vnwitting to this Turfe.
4. Performed unwittingly; unintentional; unpremeditated.
1818Bentham Ch. Eng. Introd. 248 Authors of the un⁓witting and unwilling transgression. 1856Miss Mulock J. Halifax xxxvii, The unwitting indication of some crotchets of mine. 1871Freeman Norm. Conq. xviii. IV. 268 Whether this sacrilege was designed or unwitting, it was speedily avenged.
b. Unconscious.
1840Lowell Irene 21 Her large charity (An all unwitting, childlike gift in her).
5. Path. (See quot.)
1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) I. 159 Pica..Insulsa, Un⁓witting pica. [So called] from want of correct taste or discrimination. |