ransomless, a.
(ˈrænsəmlɪs)
[f. ransom n. + -less.]
Without ransom.
| 1588 Shakes. Tit. A. i. i. 274 Ransomlesse heere we set our Prisoners free. 1645 Milton Tetrach. (1851) 160 (Gen. ii. 18) A ransomles captivity. 1676 Hobbes Iliad i. 98 Till she be to her Father sent..ransomless. 1796 A. Seward Lett. (1811) IV. 265 Fingal..releases him ransomless. 1846 H. W. Torrens Rem. Milit. Hist. 145 As ransomless prisoners after a battle. 1873 Symonds Grk. Poets viii. 244 The Athenians released Dorieus ransomless and scatheless. |