unarrestedadj.
1. Not arrested or apprehended.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [adjective] > arrested > not
unarrestedc1460
unapprehended1611
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2188 I woll..assay, yf I may, in eny maner wise, Ascape vnarestid more in such maner wise.
1498 Reg. Privy Seal Scotl. I. 34/2 All his men..to be une-sumond, une-attechit, une-arrestit, in his or thairis persoun or gudis.
1531 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Privy Seal Scotl. (1921) II. 134/2 The saidis personis..to be unattechit, unarrestit,..and untrublit.
1533 T. More Apologye 259 b By thys pacyfyers good deuyse, heretykes maye go unarrested.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Descalengé, vnarrested, vnapprehended.
1891 E. Kinglake Austral. at Home 77 The wife of a certain unarrested absconder was observed to have command of plenty of money.
2. Not stopped or checked.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action)
ithanda1300
continualc1340
unstintingc1380
perpetuala1382
unfailinga1382
unceasing1382
everlastinga1398
restless?a1439
continuedc1440
running1492
incessant1532
uncessant1548
incessable1552
universal1561
never-ceasing1567
still1570
unpausing1585
ceaseless1590
uncessable1596
indesinent1601
uninterrupted1602
unceasable1604
Sabbathless1605
unceased1605
unintermissive1610
unstaying1616
constant1653
jugial1654
uninterrupted1657
stopless1660
uncheque1671
chronical1672
unarrested1733
well-sustained1743
uninterrupt1776
unsuspended1792
sustained1796
pauseless1820
unhalting1832
persistent1842
unresting1856
unbreaking1870
non-stop1915
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xiv. 92 The under Stratum must be the Richer for receiving what the upper Stratum lets pass Unarrested.
1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. vii. v. 197 The temples of Kandy..are dilapidated edifices, apparently perishing from unarrested decay.
1869 G. Lawson Dis. Eye (1874) 79 If the disease be unarrested by treatment, the whole pupillary margin becomes sealed to the lens capsule.
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