单词 | unrebated |
释义 | unrebatedadj. 1. Of a sword, lance, etc.: not blunted or dulled; sharp. Formerly also figurative and in extended use. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [adjective] sharpc825 bitel?c1200 keena1225 carving?c1225 fellc1330 trenchantc1330 snarpc1480 cuttinga1533 tart?a1534 undullc1540 steel-sharpa1560 teen1578 unrebated1579 unbated1604 biting1607 eager?1611 unblunted1656 shrewd1878 cutty1903 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of things, qualities, etc. > not deprived of vigour alive1568 unrebated1579 undulled1845 the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective] > not reduced in severity relentless1592 unmitigated1600 unrelenting1609 unabateda1625 unrebated1681 unalleviated1750 unlightened1784 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 243 He shewed the people the cruell fight of fensers at vnrebated swordes. 1630 J. Taylor Heauens Blessing in Wks. iii. 118/2 Saint George (being armed at all points but especially) with an vnrebated courage. 1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I iii. §i. 74 They are full of sharp and unrebated Desires. 1745 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VIII. 195 Those dogs of hell are let loose to prey upon your soul, with their whole unrebated strength. 1797 St. James's Chron. 14 Dec. Concannen's Irish unrebated, Or Abel's Scots ‘not 'phisticated’. 1937 Speculum 12 483 [He] wished to limit the use of pointed weapons to one course with the unrebated lance. 2007 A. Goodman in A. King & M. Penman Eng. & Scotl. in 14th Cent. xiii. 244 At least some of the courses were jousts of war, performed with unrebated lances. 2. In financial contexts: not subject to rebate or deduction. ΚΠ 1635 R. Dafforne Merchants Mirrour 26 Buying man [is] Debitor to Wares for the first agreed price, unrebated. 1894 Q. Rev. Jan. 208 Thus the unrebated income-tax becomes..a special tax on labour. 1950 Riverine Herald (Echuca, Victoria) 8 June It is better to obtain rebates and concessional deductions from donations to a local charitable institution..than to pay an ‘unrebated’ Income Tax to the Federal Treasurer. 2009 Financial Express (Nexis) 7 July The essential problems of unrebated taxes and accumulated credits of exporters..remain untackled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1579 |
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