▪ I. † inˈquiet, n. Obs. rare—1.
[f. in-3 + quiet n., perh. after L. inquiēs, -quiēt-em.]
Absence of quiet; inquietude; disquiet.
| a 1684 Leighton Serm. Wks. (1868) 410 Sinful liberty breeds inquiet. |
▪ II. inquiet, a.
(ɪnˈkwaɪət)
[ad. L. inquiēt-us, f. in- (in-3) + quiētus quiet. Cf. F. inquiet (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Not quiet.
† 1. Restless, turbulent, troublesome. Obs.
| 1382 Wyclif 2 Thess. iii. 7 How it bihoueth for to sue vs. For we weren not inquyet among ȝou. Ibid. 11 We han herd summe among ȝou for to wandre inquyet, no thing worchinge. 1533 More Debell. Salem Wks. 961/2 Inquiete vnrestfull wretches. 1552 Huloet, Inquiet, importunus. |
2. Mentally disturbed; uneasy, anxious. rare.
| 1502 W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione ii. vi. 183 An euyll conscience is euer ferefull impacyent and inquyete. Ibid. iii. xxxiii. 223 Nat to be inquyete of mannes iugement. 1805 tr. A. La Fontaine's Hermann & Emilia II. 206 Lebrecht was inquiet, with his hand upon his forehead. |
▪ III. inquiet, v. Now rare.
(ɪnˈkwaɪət)
Also 6 inquyit, (erron. enquyet).
[a. F. inquiéter (12th c.), ad. L. inquiētāre, f. inquiētus: see prec.]
trans. To destroy the quiet of; to disquiet.
1. To prevent (a person) from living in peace and quietness; to annoy, molest, harass.
| 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iv. xxxv. 83 Tho that wyllen be besy for to inquyeten and letten the peple by theyr malyce oute of reste and pees. 1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII, c. 15 His saide subiectes..shall [not] be sued, vexed, nor inquieted in theyr bodies goodes landes nor cattalles. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 361 The king inquyrit quho it was that knokit so fast till inquyit him fre his rest. 1697 Sir B. Shower Let. to Convocation-Man 35 They were frequently and oftentimes arrested and inquieted in their Coming. 1812 Sir R. Wilson Priv. Diary I. 6, I passed the night pretty well, but a little inquieted by mosquitoes. |
† 2. To render uneasy; to disquiet; to disturb (in mind). Obs. or arch.
| 1486 Surtees Misc. (1888) 47 M. John Harington hath been lately inquietid by untrue report maide of hyme. 1494 Fabyan Chron. v. cxv. 88 The mystruste that he had in them many tymes inquyeted hym. 1508 Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. vi. Wks. (E.E.T.S.) 12 Conscyence..croketh the wyll and enquyeteth the soule. 1540 Morysine Vives' Introd. Wysd. D b, What..foolysshenes is it, to inquiete thy mynde, whyles thou studiest to delyte it? 1815 F. Burney Let. 12 June in Diary (1846) VII. 189 This delay..inquieted notre ami. 1828 Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846 I. 339/1 To fill his bosom with every..thorny plant that might pierce, blister, or inquiet it. |