undeˈcaying, ppl. a.
(un-1 10.)
| 1599 Daniel Musoph. Wks. (1602) A vj, These Lines are..the arteries, And vndecaying life-strings of those harts That stil shall pant. 1641 Milton Prel. Episc. 11 The intire, the spotlesse, and undecaying robe of Truth. 1725 Pope Odyss. ix. 239 Unmingled wine, Mellifluous, undecaying, and divine! 1810 Southey Kehama x. vii, Every amaranthine flower Its deathless blossom interweaves With bright and undecaying leaves. 1868 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 128, I don't care for Henri Deux and the undecaying Diane. |