unˈmastered, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
| 1561 Norton & Sackv. Gorboduc ii. ii, Great is the daunger of vnmaistred might. 1593 Sidney's Arcadia iv. Wks. 1922 II. 107 The unmastred vertu of Pyrocles. 1602 Shakes. Ham. i. iii. 32 If with too credent eare you list his Songs;..or your chast Treasure open To his vnmastred importunity. 1700 Dryden Sp. Ajax, etc. 595 He..cannot his unmaster'd Grief sustain, But yields to Rage. 1793 Minstrel II. 194 To appropriate to her own use these evidently unmastered treasures. 1800 Coleridge Piccolom. iv. vii, Nature.., like the emancipated force of fire, Unmastered scorches..Their fine-spun webs. 1870 Bryant Iliad v. I. 145 Lest, taking flight, they range Unmastered when they hear thy voice no more. |