单词 | unchosen |
释义 | unchosenadj. (un- prefix1 2b.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [adjective] > chosen > not unchosen1529 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 273/2 And that euery man is either chosen or vnchosen... And yf we bee of the vnchosen sorte, no good dede can auail vs. c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta ii In spite of these swine-eating Christians, (Vnchosen Nation, neuer circumciz'd). 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 19 To be made the perpetuall reader of unchosen books and pamphlets. 1655 Bp. J. Taylor Vnum Necessarium vi. i. §29 To be born, was a thing wholly involuntary and unchosen. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation v. 237 Can Actions be denominated Wise,..The Means unchosen, and unknown the End? 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vii. 324 [To] Beguile A solitude, unchosen, unprofessed. View more context for this quotation a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) II. 249 [She] never did complain once of her unchosen sufferings..under the writing of that sad book. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1529 |
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