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inconscious, a. Now rare.|ɪnˈkɒnʃəs| [f. late L. inconsci-us + -ous: cf. conscious.] †1. Not privy to some deed: cf. conscious 1.
1670Milton Hist. Eng. iv. (1851) 182 Miserably slain by his people, some say deservedly, as not inconscious with them who train'd Osred to his ruin. 2. Not conscious; unconscious.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iii. §34. 144 Concluding that all Matter and Substance as such, hath Life and Perception or Understanding Natural and Inconscious, Essentially belonging to it. 1790Norman & Bertha II. 84 Miss Westbrook..had long entertained a penchant for him, of which..he was not inconscious. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. iii. 466 Each in turn Patting the curly calm inconscious head. Hence inˈconsciously adv. rare, unconsciously.
1840Browning Sordello vi. 148 He had inconsciously contrived forget, I' the whole, to dwell o' the points. 1873― Red Cott. Nt.-cap iii. 386 Chatting and chirping sunk inconsciously To silence. |