单词 | untaken |
释义 | untakenadj.1 1. Not taken by force; not made prisoner; uncaptured. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [adjective] > not made captive unnomec1300 uncaught1340 unhenta1375 untakena1375 unseizeda1400 unattached1498 uncaptived1601 uncaptured1885 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1280 Riȝt fewe went a-wey, vn-woundet or take. c1400 Song of Roland 89 He left vntak the toun, and to his tent ridis. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 853 Lest he in strenth wntayne, This haill kynryk he wyll wyn. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xciii. 115 Sir Robert Dartoyes was sore hurte, and scapedde hardely vntaken. 1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 4 Their Marchantlike Ships..may..pas quietly vnpilled, vnspoyled, and vntaken by Pyrates. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 499 Albeit the foulers doe..catch great store of young water foule, yet..abundance..remaineth untaken. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 533 Untouch'd thy Arms, untaken be thy Sword. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 222 The most prosperous untaken Thief. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 165 A wise General will..leave no little strong hold untaken behind him. 1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 317 Whilst that [fort] remained untaken. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 108 That he..scarce had trod Untaken on its floor. 2. a. Not taken, in other senses of the verb. Also const. from. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adjective] > missed (of opportunities) untaken1474 unseized1818 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adjective] > not eaten or consumed uneatenc1290 untaken1474 untasted1538 unmunched1844 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adjective] > selecting > selected > not untaken1474 unculled1826 the mind > possession > non-possession > fact of not being possessed or owned > [adjective] > not taken or appropriated unlaughtc1540 untaken1586 unappropriated1776 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > indiligent or remiss > of pains: not taken untaken1613 the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [adjective] > not taken untaken1735 1474 Cov. Leet Bk. 410 In case the oportunite of this tyme shuld nowe..be vntaken or sett a-part. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 192 He leuis jt [sc. the consecrated wafer] vntane, for despising of the sacrament. 1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 6 §3 The Jurie is like to remayne untaken for defaulte of Jurors. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 168 It is expedient sometime to leaue vntaken that which a man may lawfully take. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. lxv. 412 The honie..which is left vntaken from them. 1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 4 I left no paines untaken to accelerat it [sc. a journey]. 1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. (1752) i. 7 That they might leave no liberty untaken. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. xvii. 217 Resolute to leave no pains untaken. b. With adverbs, as away, down, off, up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > not removed or done away withlefta1400 unremoved1455 untaken1483 unextracted1630 undone1679 undisplaced1827 undislodgeda1847 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > not taken down untaken1483 the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [adjective] > not untaken1483 unpicked1567 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > stripped or made bare > able to be stripped off > not removed by stripping untaken1483 unstripped1888 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied loose1488 lash1513 untied1565 ungirt1579 unfastened1587 untucked1609 unreeved1730 unfixed1805 untaken1836 unbonded1878 1483 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. Introd. p. cxx The malis and fermes..to be untakin up be ony party. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. iii. 14 Vntill this daye remayneth the same coverynge vntaken awaye. 1539–40 M. Coverdale in W. Money Parish Church Goods in Berkshire (1879) p. vi All the beams..remain still untaken down. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 33 If they [sc. lentils] be sodden with theyr shilles vntaken of. 1610 J. Dove Advt. Seminaries 3 That veile..untill this time hath continued untaken away. 1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner ii. i. 64 Bark..untaken off at the upper end. 1701 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) II. 43 All other lands that are mine untaken up. 1822 A. Cunningham Trad. Tales I. 307 My supper shall be the untaken-down spirit. 1836 Going to Service xviii. 233 The thin places left unstrengthened, and broken loops untaken up. c. With other constructions. ΚΠ 1583 A. Melvill in J. Melvill's Autob. & Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 155 Na obstinat Papist..hes it sufferit lang to converse amangs us, untean ordour withe. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 172 The King and Queen sate untaken notice of. 1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet vii. 127 The four children found themselves at Waterloo Station quite untaken-care-of. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). untakenadj.2 (un- prefix2 1a, 2.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [adjective] > liberated > released from confinement frank1475 unpenta1592 disimprisoned1611 unjail1613 uncaged1648 unpadlocked1681 unmanacled1805 unloosed1839 disprisoned1842 unconfined1842 unsnaffled1846 bond-stript1855 loosed1887 untaken1893 1893 S. Baring-Gould Cheap Jack Zita II. xxiii. 150 Whether taken and confiscated I cannot say... But..I have paid ten pounds to have it untaken and set at liberty. 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