单词 | unrested |
释义 | † unrestedadj.1 Obsolete. rare. Troubled, not at ease. ΚΠ a1475 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Cambr. Gg.1.16) (1997) i. vi. 10 Wheneuer a man coveiteþ anyþinge inordinatly, anone he is vnrested in hymself. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020). unrestedadj.2 1. That has not rested; not refreshed by rest or sleep. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [adjective] > refreshed or invigorated > not unrefreshed1581 unrested1586 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. sig. P.iiv Wayfarers vnrested and vnreleeued, were contrary to the Gods of Hospitalitie. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. f. 423v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Unrestit Samekill land..as ane falcon lowsit of the hand vnrestit wald fle. 1682 M. Livingston Patronus Redux lx. 26 At home? but yet he scarcely home hath win; When him, unrested, bus'ness calls away. 1765 W. Shirley Electra 84 I arose—unrested—unresolv'd. 1817 J. Porter Pastor's Fire-side II. iv. 89 One of the dreary pauses of the night, when the intensity of Louis's meditations..had wearied his unrested spirit. 1889 A. Lang Lost Leaders 152 Hot weather vexes the unrested soul in nothing more than this. 1940 N. Last Diary 22 Oct. in Nella Last's War (1983) iii. 81 I got up, tired and unrested, after a very broken night. 1980 D. K. Reynolds Quiet Therapies (1982) ii. 20 He tried to get rid of the fatigue by resting for a few days, but however long he lay in bed he felt unrested. 2003 Times 27 Dec. (Sports section) 44/1 Unshaved, unrested and unrelenting in attitude, Edmond grits his teeth, grins and talks through a chinful of bristles. 2. That has not been laid to rest. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > [adjective] > not laid to rest unrested1607 1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois v. iv. 154 My unrested soul. 1613 G. Chapman Reuenge Bussy D'Ambois iv. sig. H3v Th' vnrested spirit of your slaughtered brother. 1869 C. Rogers Scotl. Social Domest. v. 247 There were four kinds of apparitions—the wraith, the tutelary spirit, the genie, and the unrested ghost. 1904 E. J. Mills Secret of Petrarch 184 Sleep, O unrested soul, my heart to thine. 1992 R. Morgan Cancelled Words 180 The unrested spirit (or ghost) is condemned to walk the earth until released from earthly burdens of sin or lack of spiritual grace. 2013 Sunday Tribune (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 10 Nov. (Entertainment section) 2 The case remains unrested. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † unrestedadj.3 Obsolete. rare. Of a spear: that has been thrown out of its rest. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [adjective] > of spear: thrown out of rest unrested1762 1762 T. Smollett Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves II. xix. 137 Sir Launcelot perceiving his rival's spear unrested, had just time to throw up the point of his own. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1a1475adj.21586adj.31762 |
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