unsentadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈsɛnt/, U.S.

/ˌənˈsɛnt/

Forms: Also 1700s Scottish unsenn.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b, 2c Compare Old Norse úsent (Danish usendt).

a. Not sent for, unsummoned. (Cf. 1b.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > summoning > summoned > not summoned

unsummoned1474

unsent1501

unsentc1530

uncited1584

unadjourned1648

c1530 Court of Love 174 Of your free will ye should have come unsent.

1717 A. Ramsay Elegy Lucky Wood ii Death, wha came unsenn To Lucky Wood.

b. With for expressed.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > summoning > summoned > not summoned

unsummoned1474

unsent1501

unsentc1530

uncited1584

unadjourned1648

1501 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 157 If I wold come up unsent for.

1598 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. X 3^v They take one of a suddaine, comming vnlooked for and vnsent for.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 298 Herod, unsent for, went to visit him.

1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master v We Fiddlers, Sir, often come unsent for.

1717 D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. ii. 134 But Mr. Andrew Melvin..went unsent for.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xiv. 102 That no third person, unsent for, can be welcome.

a. Not sent or dispatched.‘In recent use esp. of letters or telegrams.’ ( N.E.D.)

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1548 R. Crowley Informacion & Peticion sig. Av^v The same spirite..wytnesseth wyth my conscience, that I renne not vnsent.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. vi. sig. D8^v He armed himselfe, and those few of his seruants he had left vnsent.

1608 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. xi–xii 122 That we goe not unsent.

1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική vi. 124 More able men may be unsent then sent.

1841 Fraser's Mag. Jan. 111/2 Ye came na here unsent, and ye maun perform your errand.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxvii Her strange affection for the English was not unsent by Heaven.

b. With adverbs or prepositions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > sending > [adjective] > not

unsent1549

1549 W. Paget in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1860) V. 182 Send for all the council that be remaining unsent abroad.

1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth xiii. 95 Thy heauenly Physician..vnsent to, sends thee..a souerayne remedie.

1656 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 176 Whylst they stay at home unsent away.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unsent
释义	unsentadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsɛnt/, U.S. /ˌənˈsɛnt/ Forms: Also 1700s Scottish unsenn. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b, 2c Compare Old Norse úsent (Danish usendt). 1. a. Not sent for, unsummoned. (Cf. 1b.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > summoning > summoned > not summoned unsummoned1474 unsent1501 unsentc1530 uncited1584 unadjourned1648 c1530 Court of Love 174 Of your free will ye should have come unsent. 1717 A. Ramsay Elegy Lucky Wood ii Death, wha came unsenn To Lucky Wood. b. With for expressed. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > summoning > summoned > not summoned unsummoned1474 unsent1501 unsentc1530 uncited1584 unadjourned1648 1501 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 157 If I wold come up unsent for. 1598 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. X 3^v They take one of a suddaine, comming vnlooked for and vnsent for. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 298 Herod, unsent for, went to visit him. 1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master v We Fiddlers, Sir, often come unsent for. 1717 D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. ii. 134 But Mr. Andrew Melvin..went unsent for. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xiv. 102 That no third person, unsent for, can be welcome. 2. a. Not sent or dispatched.‘In recent use esp. of letters or telegrams.’ ( N.E.D.) ΚΠ 1548 R. Crowley Informacion & Peticion sig. Av^v The same spirite..wytnesseth wyth my conscience, that I renne not vnsent. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. vi. sig. D8^v He armed himselfe, and those few of his seruants he had left vnsent. 1608 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. xi–xii 122 That we goe not unsent. 1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική vi. 124 More able men may be unsent then sent. 1841 Fraser's Mag. Jan. 111/2 Ye came na here unsent, and ye maun perform your errand. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxvii Her strange affection for the English was not unsent by Heaven. b. With adverbs or prepositions. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > sending > [adjective] > not unsent1549 1549 W. Paget in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1860) V. 182 Send for all the council that be remaining unsent abroad. 1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth xiii. 95 Thy heauenly Physician..vnsent to, sends thee..a souerayne remedie. 1656 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 176 Whylst they stay at home unsent away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1501
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