unˈgiving, ppl. a.
(un-1 10.)
| 1682 Dryden Epil. Unhappy Favourite 8 Courtiers living on the Rents Of the three last ungiving Parliaments. 1692 Dryden Cleomenes iii. ii, In vain at shrines the ungiving suppliant stands. 1737 Hervey Mem. (1848) xxviii. II. 251 The costive nature of the King's ungiving spirit. 1829 Lamb Gypsy's Malison 14 So sang a wither'd Beldam.., And bann'd the ungiving door. |