† unprovidev.

Forms: see un- prefix² and provide v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix², provide v.

Etymology: < un- prefix² + provide v., originally (in quot. 1530) after Middle French despourvoir dispurvey v. Compare earlier unprovided adj.

Obsolete.

transitive. To deprive of provision of resources; figurative to disarm. Also intransitive.Later chiefly in allusion to Shakespeare's use (see quot. a1616).

ΚΠ

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 521/2 I dispourvey, I unprovyde. Je despouroys.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 201 I'le not expostulate with her, lest her body and beauty vnprouide my minde agen.

1686 F. Spence tr. G. de Courtilz de Sandras Hist. Viscount de Turenne 127 They requir'd a great many men in such Places where the Lines were not yet compleated,..thus unproviding most of the Others.

1719 T. Southerne Spartan Dame ii. 20 Were it a Task for every common Strength To undertake, it were no part for me... Prosperity inviting every Sense, With various Arts, to unprovide my Mind!

1793 A. Murphy in tr. Tacitus Wks. I. Suppl. 339 Increasing honours, he had no doubt, would unprovide his mind, and..produce the genuine features of his character.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	unprovide
释义	† unprovidev. Forms: see un- prefix² and provide v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix², provide v. Etymology: < un- prefix² + provide v., originally (in quot. 1530) after Middle French despourvoir dispurvey v. Compare earlier unprovided adj. Obsolete. transitive. To deprive of provision of resources; figurative to disarm. Also intransitive.Later chiefly in allusion to Shakespeare's use (see quot. a1616). ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 521/2 I dispourvey, I unprovyde. Je despouroys. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 201 I'le not expostulate with her, lest her body and beauty vnprouide my minde agen. View more context for this quotation 1686 F. Spence tr. G. de Courtilz de Sandras Hist. Viscount de Turenne 127 They requir'd a great many men in such Places where the Lines were not yet compleated,..thus unproviding most of the Others. 1719 T. Southerne Spartan Dame ii. 20 Were it a Task for every common Strength To undertake, it were no part for me... Prosperity inviting every Sense, With various Arts, to unprovide my Mind! 1793 A. Murphy in tr. Tacitus Wks. I. Suppl. 339 Increasing honours, he had no doubt, would unprovide his mind, and..produce the genuine features of his character. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1530
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