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单词 unpaised
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unpaisedadj.

Forms: see un- prefix1 and peise v. and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, peise v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + peise v. + -ed suffix1. Compare later peised adj. at peise v. Derivatives.
Obsolete.
Not properly weighed or considered; of excess or insufficient weight or importance; unbalanced.
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c1391 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 294) Prol. l. 64* He that hath his word unpeysed.
1565 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc i. ii. sig. B.i Porrex the younger so vnpaised in state, Perhappes in courage will be raised also.
1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hercules Oetæus i, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 191v And coulde I brooke it, Toxeus, to see thy death with woe? That wert vnwaynde in yeares, and eake in pits [perh. read pith; L. sanguine] vnpaysde.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iii. i. sig. E4 Seize on reuenge, graspe the sterne bended front Of frowning vengeance, with vnpaized clutch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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