unsittenadj.
(un- prefix1 2b. Cf. sit v. 8c.)
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unsitten1611
unincubated1859
1611 A. Standish Commons Complaint 15 If they finde many [wild ducks'] egges therein that be vnsitten.
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adj.1611- to take the gown
- to take the ground
- to take the habit
- to take the head
- to take the high hand
- to take the high road
- to take the highway
- to take the horse
- to take the initiative
- to take the king'queen's shilling
- to take the king's shilling
- to take the knee
- to take the knock
- to take the law into one's own fists
- to take the law into one's own hands
- to take the lead
- to take the liberty
- to take the liberty of
- to take the liberty of doing something
- to take the liberty to do something
- to take the life fro
- to take the life of
- to take the likeness
- to take the little veil
- to take the long view