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▪ I. unˈwont, ppl. a. Now rare or Obs.
[un-1 8 b. Cf. G. ungewohnt, -wöhnt.]
1. Unusual; uncustomary; = unwonted ppl. a. 1.
c1400Found. St. Bartholomew's 46 The man awakid was afrayed of this vnwount vision and..lost his wytte. c1475Cath. Angl. 423/2 (A.), To be vn Wonte, dessuere, dessuescere. c1520Barclay Jugurth (1557) 40 b, The vnwonte and sodayne feare of this treason. 1533–4Acts 25 Hen. VIII, c. 21 §3 Yf it be thought..that dispensacions..in any suche cause unwonte shall passe. 1556Olde Antichrist 52 b, A fearfull and an unwont blasing starre appeared. a1568Coverdale Bk. Death iii. xii. (1579) 300 If one die an vn⁓wonte death. 1611Cotgr., Insolite, strange, vnused, vnaccustomed, vnwont. 1664Butler Hud. ii. iii. 1185 He..with Activity unwont, Essay'd the lofty Beast to mount. 1816Monthly Mag. XLI. 527 E'en in the chapel watch unwont is kept. 1827Pollok Course T. i. 114 But what concern hangs on thy countenance, Unwont within this place?
b. poet. Of persons: Strange in manner. rare—1.
a1843Bamford Wild Rider iv, Poems (1864) 76 The knight, from that day, Was altered in look, and unwont in his way.
2. Not wont, used, or accustomed to do something. Cf. unwonted ppl. a. 2 (a).
1552R. Morysine in Tytler England (1839) II. 136 He hath a face unwont to disclose any hid affection of his heart. 1596Spenser F.Q. vi. xi. 40 Groomes..Vnwont with heards to watch, or pasture sheepe. 1810Scott Lady of L. ii. vii, Though [thou art] all unwont to bid in vain. 1823Mrs. Hemans Siege Valencia 171 A stem Unwont to bend or break. 1829Scott Anne of G. xiii, I am unwont to press my favours.
Hence unˈwontness. rare.
1552Huloet, Vnwontenes, insolentia, dissuetudo. 1570T. Wilson tr. Demosth. Orat. iv. 35 Beholde what an insolencie and vnwoontnesse the man is growne vnto.
▪ II. † unˈwont, v. Obs. rare.
[un-2 3. Cf. unwone v.]
a. trans. = disaccustom v. 2.
b. To disappoint.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Se Desaccoustumer, to vnwoont. 1629Gaule Pract. & The. 107 If (at any time) his Power and Will shall surprize mine vnwariness, or vn⁓wont mine expectation. |