单词 | undepending |
释义 | undependingadj. 1. Not depending from or on something. ΚΠ 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης x. 96 If the power of the Sword were any where separate and undepending from the power of Law. 1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 149 While they are thus upheld undepending on the church, on which alone they anciently depended. 2. Not dependent; independent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective] unlamed1508 exempt1552 absolute1596 independent1612 untutored1641 undepending1649 1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 56 To..claim an absolute and undepending Jurisdiction. 1712 P. Leigh Life S. Wenefride 19 That with an undepending Freedom, they might be more absolute Masters of short time. 1724 J. Swift Some Observ. Wood's Half-pence 29 But the Landed Undepending Men..will never receive it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1649 |
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