unbeˈreft, ppl. a.
(un-1 8 b.)
| 1621 G. Sandys æneis i. 411 Lost Phrygia I with twenty ships forsooke;..seauen, unbereft By seas, and cruell stormes, alone are left. 1648 Hexham ii, Onberooft, Vnbereft, or Vnspoiled. 1820 Wordsw. River Duddon, Faery Chasm 3 A sky-blue stone, within this sunless cleft, Is of the very footmarks unbereft Which tiny Elves impressed. 1839 Whittier Relic 24 Flower of a perished garland left, Of life and beauty unbereft! |