unbornadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈbɔːn/, U.S.

/ˌənˈbɔrn/

Etymology: Old English unboren (un- prefix¹ 2b), = Old Frisian un-, oen-, onbern (West Frisian on-, ûnberne), Middle Dutch and Dutch ongeboren, Old High German ungi-, ungaporan (Middle High German ungeborn, German -boren), Old Norse and Icelandic ú-, óborinn (Middle Swedish oborin, -burin, Norwegian uboren, Danish ubaaren).

a. Not yet born; still to be born. (Frequently with preceding yet.) Also in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > not born > not yet born

unbornc897

unborea1250

unstrenedc1275

unform?a1400

unbrought1525

unbegot1597

unfoaled1863

unyeaned1868

meonic1937

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xlviii. 367 Mid ðy ðe hie ofsniðen mid ðy seaxe hefiglices gedwolan ða unborenan bearn, ðe..beoð mid wordum geeacnode on geleaffullra mode.

c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxiii. 429 Ure hælend se þe unborenum cildum lif sylð on heora modra innoðe.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17327 Forr þatt nicodem wass ȝet. Vnnborenn i þatt time. Off haliȝ gast.

c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋2231 Ther is ful many a child vnborn of his mooder that shal sterue yong by cause of that ilke werre.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 12232 I. wende my make ware vnborne [Vesp. noght born].

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. iv. 2 Wherfore I iudged..him that is yet vnborne to be better at ease then they both.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxviij^v Young chyldren, as well borne as vnborne.

c1560 Hunting Cheviot in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 307 The chylde may rue that ys vn-born, it wos the mor pitte.

1624 E. Jocelin (title) The Mothers Legacie, To her vnborne Childe.

1695 M. Prior Ode after Queen's Death iii Ages to come, and Men unborn Shall bless her Name.

1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. x. 61 Yet such his Acts, as Greeks unborn shall tell.

1779 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 294 They had just discovered, by what means I know no more than the child unborn, that [etc.].

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) VI. 190 The devise would have been void, being to an unborn person for life.

1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lvi. 169 The throne was to be shared between an idiot and an infant yet unborn.

1887 Spectator 22 Oct. 1406 The total abolition of settlements upon unborn lives.

b. transferred or figurative. Of time, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > future or that is to come

towardc888

tocomingOE

futurec1374

unborn1598

to-be1609

unbred1609

hereaftera1616

succeeding1676

uprising1727

unarrived1745

will-be1802

unelapsed1805

unforegone1844

upcoming1879

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 21 A portent Of broched mischiefe to the vnborne times.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 220 Nor staid [He], but..in Paternal Glorie rode Farr into Chaos, and the World unborn .

1712 Spectator No. 316. ⁋5 The present Time alone is ours, the future is yet unborn.

1757 T. Gray Ode II iii. i, in Odes 19 Ye unborn Ages, crowd not on my soul!

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. i. 21 Venice was yet unborn; but the territories of that state..were inhabited by the Venetians.

1822 P. B. Shelley Fragm. Unfinished Drama 203 A nook of unblown violets And lilies-of-the-valley yet unborn.

1822 P. B. Shelley To Jane, Invit. 7 The brightest hour of unborn Spring.

1884 Christian Treasury Feb. 92/2 It is not a function of human intellect to read the secrets of unborn ages.

2. Not born; deprived of birth. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > not born

unborna1275

unbegottena1300

undelivered1595

ungota1616

a1275 Prov. Ælfred 447 in Old Eng. Misc. 129 For betere is child vnboren þenne vnbeten.

c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 1372 Yet were me leuere that I were vnborn Than me were doon a sclaundre or vileynye.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15372 To mare blis it had him ben Vnborn if þat he ware.

14.. Lat. & Eng. Prov. (Douce 52) f. 27 Better is a chylde vnborne þen vnlerned.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 87 Yf God had don vengeans, anon the world had ben endyd mony a day agoo, and so mony had be vnborne, þat now ben holy sayntys yn Heuen.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Ciii^v Better vnborne then vntaught, I haue herde saie.

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres ii. xcvii. sig. L2 This mighty burthen wherewithall they goe Dies vndeliuered, perishes vnborne.

1618 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. IV. N.T. i. 339 Many a father repents him of his fruitfulnes, and hath such sonnes, as he wishes vnborne.

a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea (1655) iii These mischiefs make me wish my self unborn.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 34 Seeing much of Truth is contained in our English Proverb, It is as good to be unborn as unbred.

in extended use.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 109 Withdrawgh the Banere of thin Armes, And let thi lyhtes ben unborn.

3. Existing without having been born.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > [adjective] > existent or existing > self-existent > existing without having been made

unmadec1350

ungotten1435

unproduceda1513

unbegotten1532

ungenerate1546

uncreate1549

uncreated1549

unbegot1597

unprocreated1623

ingenerated1646

unprocreatea1649

ingenerate1656

improduced1662

ingenit1677

ungenerated1741

unborn1822

birthless1830

1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 38 Look on that which cannot change—the One The unborn and the undying.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unborn
释义	unbornadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈbɔːn/, U.S. /ˌənˈbɔrn/ Etymology: Old English unboren (un- prefix¹ 2b), = Old Frisian un-, oen-, onbern (West Frisian on-, ûnberne), Middle Dutch and Dutch ongeboren, Old High German ungi-, ungaporan (Middle High German ungeborn, German -boren), Old Norse and Icelandic ú-, óborinn (Middle Swedish oborin, -burin, Norwegian uboren, Danish ubaaren). 1. a. Not yet born; still to be born. (Frequently with preceding yet.) Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > not born > not yet born unbornc897 unborea1250 unstrenedc1275 unform?a1400 unbrought1525 unbegot1597 unfoaled1863 unyeaned1868 meonic1937 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xlviii. 367 Mid ðy ðe hie ofsniðen mid ðy seaxe hefiglices gedwolan ða unborenan bearn, ðe..beoð mid wordum geeacnode on geleaffullra mode. c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxiii. 429 Ure hælend se þe unborenum cildum lif sylð on heora modra innoðe. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17327 Forr þatt nicodem wass ȝet. Vnnborenn i þatt time. Off haliȝ gast. c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋2231 Ther is ful many a child vnborn of his mooder that shal sterue yong by cause of that ilke werre. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 12232 I. wende my make ware vnborne [Vesp. noght born]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. iv. 2 Wherfore I iudged..him that is yet vnborne to be better at ease then they both. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxviij^v Young chyldren, as well borne as vnborne. c1560 Hunting Cheviot in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 307 The chylde may rue that ys vn-born, it wos the mor pitte. 1624 E. Jocelin (title) The Mothers Legacie, To her vnborne Childe. 1695 M. Prior Ode after Queen's Death iii Ages to come, and Men unborn Shall bless her Name. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. x. 61 Yet such his Acts, as Greeks unborn shall tell. 1779 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 294 They had just discovered, by what means I know no more than the child unborn, that [etc.]. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) VI. 190 The devise would have been void, being to an unborn person for life. 1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lvi. 169 The throne was to be shared between an idiot and an infant yet unborn. 1887 Spectator 22 Oct. 1406 The total abolition of settlements upon unborn lives. b. transferred or figurative. Of time, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > future or that is to come towardc888 tocomingOE futurec1374 unborn1598 to-be1609 unbred1609 hereaftera1616 succeeding1676 uprising1727 unarrived1745 will-be1802 unelapsed1805 unforegone1844 upcoming1879 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 21 A portent Of broched mischiefe to the vnborne times. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 220 Nor staid [He], but..in Paternal Glorie rode Farr into Chaos, and the World unborn . View more context for this quotation 1712 Spectator No. 316. ⁋5 The present Time alone is ours, the future is yet unborn. 1757 T. Gray Ode II iii. i, in Odes 19 Ye unborn Ages, crowd not on my soul! 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. i. 21 Venice was yet unborn; but the territories of that state..were inhabited by the Venetians. 1822 P. B. Shelley Fragm. Unfinished Drama 203 A nook of unblown violets And lilies-of-the-valley yet unborn. 1822 P. B. Shelley To Jane, Invit. 7 The brightest hour of unborn Spring. 1884 Christian Treasury Feb. 92/2 It is not a function of human intellect to read the secrets of unborn ages. 2. Not born; deprived of birth. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > not born unborna1275 unbegottena1300 undelivered1595 ungota1616 a1275 Prov. Ælfred 447 in Old Eng. Misc. 129 For betere is child vnboren þenne vnbeten. c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 1372 Yet were me leuere that I were vnborn Than me were doon a sclaundre or vileynye. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15372 To mare blis it had him ben Vnborn if þat he ware. 14.. Lat. & Eng. Prov. (Douce 52) f. 27 Better is a chylde vnborne þen vnlerned. c1450 Mirk's Festial 87 Yf God had don vengeans, anon the world had ben endyd mony a day agoo, and so mony had be vnborne, þat now ben holy sayntys yn Heuen. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Ciii^v Better vnborne then vntaught, I haue herde saie. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres ii. xcvii. sig. L2 This mighty burthen wherewithall they goe Dies vndeliuered, perishes vnborne. 1618 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. IV. N.T. i. 339 Many a father repents him of his fruitfulnes, and hath such sonnes, as he wishes vnborne. a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea (1655) iii These mischiefs make me wish my self unborn. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 34 Seeing much of Truth is contained in our English Proverb, It is as good to be unborn as unbred. in extended use.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 109 Withdrawgh the Banere of thin Armes, And let thi lyhtes ben unborn. 3. Existing without having been born. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [adjective] > existent or existing > self-existent > existing without having been made unmadec1350 ungotten1435 unproduceda1513 unbegotten1532 ungenerate1546 uncreate1549 uncreated1549 unbegot1597 unprocreated1623 ingenerated1646 unprocreatea1649 ingenerate1656 improduced1662 ingenit1677 ungenerated1741 unborn1822 birthless1830 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 38 Look on that which cannot change—the One The unborn and the undying. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c897
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