单词 | undriven |
释义 | undrivenadj. a. Not forced on by driving. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > not compelled or forced unconstrainedc1386 undistraineda1400 uncompelled1470 unastrainedc1480 uncommandeda1535 uncoacted1545 unforced1605 unenforced1607 undriven1615 incoact1616 incoacteda1676 unnecessitated1712 uncoerced1791 1615 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. III. O.T. x. 291 When maintenance and honour calls him, hee goes vndriuen. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 513 The doubtful rack of Heav'n Stands without Motion, and the Tyde undriv'n. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxx. 192 It shall sooner burst, than voluntarily, uncompelled, undriven, dictate a measure that shall cast a slur..upon them. 1892 M. Dods Gospel St. John II. xiii. 195 To stand before life as independent, unfettered, undriven men. b. Of snow: (Apparently for driven adj. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective] > driving or driven > not undriven1832 1832 B. Disraeli Contarini Fleming IV. v. xxii. 118 Its [sc. Sunium's] columns against a dark cloud looked like undriven snow. 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea 195 The purity of the undriven snow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1615 |
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