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单词 unovercome
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unovercomeadj.n.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnəʊvəˈkʌm/, U.S. /ˌənˌoʊvərˈkəm/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and overcome adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, overcome adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + overcome adj.
Not overcome or surmounted; unconquered.In quot. a1382 as n.: the one who cannot be overcome.In quot. eOE: unruly, disorderly, confused.
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society > armed hostility > victory > [adjective] > unconquered
unovercomeeOE
unyoldena1325
unvanquisheda1382
unscomfitedc1400
invicta1513
undaunted1513
unconquered1549
invictissimec1550
unyielden1553
unvicta1560
unconquesta1600
invicted1602
invinced1609
unreduced1612
inexpugnate1632
unrouteda1640
unstormed1695
unyielded1700
untrampled1900
eOE Épinal Gloss. (1974) 29 Indigestae, unofaercumenrae [eOE Corpus Gloss. unobercumenre; L. contexui indigestae historiae inextricabilem cratem.].
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Judith Prol. 16 Þe vnouercomen of alle men she ouercam [L. ut invictum omnibus hominibus vinceret], & þe vnouerpassable she ouerpassede.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 123 Truly þen is luf vnouercomyn qwhen with no nodyr desyr it may be ouercomyn.
c1480 (a1400) St. Lawrence 374 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 412 Thane decius..þame commawndit..to dyng hym fast. bot vnourcumyne he can ay last.
?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xix. f. 29 Ye were vnouercome of your ennemies, maysters, and emperours, ouer the moost part of the world.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 653 Though now they lead me bound, yet doe I remaine free vnouercome.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 92 O would to Jove..That not..any one of all the Greeks..might live unovercome.
?1623 O. Felltham Resolues xv. 48 What peace can I expect within mee, while these Rebels rest vnouercome?
1846 ‘Proteus’ Social Infl. III. v. xvii. 259 Retreated to the bed, but unovercome by the horrors of the situation, she stood upright.
1871 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 8 Sept. 617/3 The earth's attraction is unovercome by counter-attraction.
1914 A. Adler in Urologic & Cutaneous Rev. 2 285 His old fear of and disinclination towards women..remained unovercome but not unalterable.
1967 Time 6 Jan. 80/3 A West Berlin TV station produced a three-hour documentary series on the country's efforts to stamp out..West Germany's ‘unovercome’ Nazi past.
2001 Y. Mamontov & M. Willander High-dimensional Nonlinear Diffusion Stochastic Processes 252 Associated with still unovercome difficulties with high-density fluids and multiparticle phenomena.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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