unˈconquered, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Not conquered or vanquished: a. Of persons, places, etc.
| 1549 Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 John ii. 47 A mynde that is vnbroken and vnconquered agaynst al wanton enticementes, agaynst all iniuries, sheweth a man to be a Christian. 1591 Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iv. ii. 32 Loe, there thou standst a breathing valiant man Of an inuincible vnconquer'd spirit. 1618 J. Taylor (Water P.) Penniless Pilgr. Wks. (1630) 129/2, I haue seene many Straights and Fortresses.., but they must all giue place to this vnconquered Castle, both for strength and scituation. 1684 Burnet tr. More's Utop. 1 Henry the 8th, the unconquered King of England. 1715 Pope Iliad i. 378 That imperious, that unconquer'd soul, No laws can limit, no respect control. 1765 Blackstone Comm. I. 93 Wales had continued independent of England, unconquered and uncultivated. 1813 Byron Corsair iii. i, The mountain shadows kiss Thy glorious gulf, unconquer'd Salamis! 1867 ‘Ouida’ C. Castlemaine's Gage 3 So she would put them all aside..and go on her own way, proud, peerless,..conquering and unconquered. |
b. Of things, in various applications.
| 1651 Wittie Primrose's Pop. Err. i. viii. 30 Wood annointed with Alome remaines unconquered of the fire. a 1718 Prior Henry & Emma 22 While my Notes to future Times proclaim Unconquer'd Love. 1750 tr. Leonardus' Mirr. Stones 63 The diamond..had its name from the Greek interpretation, which is, an unconquered virtue. 1813 Shelley Q. Mab iii. 97 The unconquered powers Of precedent and custom interpose Between a king and virtue. 1860 Tyndall Glac. i. xi. 78 The chief difficulties remained unconquered. 1887 Spectator 5 Nov. 1497 Saint Elias,..the still unconquered peak of Alaska. |