单词 | unpurchased |
释义 | unpurchasedadj. Not purchased or bought with payment; (in early use also) not obtained or acquired. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [adjective] > bought or purchased > not unboughtc950 unpurchaseda1425 uncoftc1540 the mind > possession > giving > [adjective] > giving or given freely self-willingOE thankfulc1380 free?c1430 free-willing1535 gratuit1550 voluntary1580 gratuital1597 unpurchased1665 unbargained1839 handout1910 a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 132 After..a longe lackyng of þis werk, þat when it comeþ sodenly..vnpurchasid [a1500 Harl. 2373 vnpurchet] wiþ any mene. 1511 H. Watson tr. Noble Hist. King Ponthus (new ed.) sig. I.ij It may not be that ye be now vnpurchaced and be so moche & so goodly. 1545 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 236 Where as I covenante withe hym..to leave hym lande in yerlie value xls..and have unpurchased xxs value of it. 1608 A. Munday Admirable Deliv. 266 Christians sig. A2v Nor [is] any treasure of the earth..left vnpurchased. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. iii. sig. Aa8v As she is rich in Natures bounty, [she] appear'd..satisfy'd with the unpurchas'd Treasures she possesses. 1736 J. Thomson Prospect: 5th Pt. Liberty 613 Justice, like the liberal light of Heaven, Unpurchas'd shines on all. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 158 But oh the strife,..and debate, The tidings of unpurchas'd heav'n create! 1831 W. Scott Count Robert iv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 85 Let him keep unpurchased the crown, for which he has paid..a price which it is not worth. 1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 75 The poor unpurchased and, so far, unpolluted free-lance. 1914 Mich. Law Rev. 12 440 It is remediably fraudulent for a grantee, whose deed by mutual mistake of the parties describes more land than he bought, to attempt to retain the unpurchased excess taken by him innocently enough but retained unjustifiably. 1983 L. Murray Coll. Poems (1991) 184 Through the peace beneath effort..comes unpurchased lifelong plenishment. 2013 Sun (Nexis) 24 Mar. 16 I spend hours stewing over job interviews I fluffed, dates I didn't go on..and unpurchased Topshop items that might well have changed my life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1425 |
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