▪ I. † unˈcontinent, a. Obs.
[un-1 7 b.]
= incontinent a. Also † unˈcontinently adv.
| 1382 Wyclif 2 Tim. iii. 2 Men schulen be..fals blameris, vncontynent, vnmylde. a 1420 Wycliffite Bible (1850) III. 12 marg., He that is vncontynent, ether a lecchour, renneth in to the snare of synne. 1565 Cooper Thesaurus, Incontinens,..vncontinent. Ibid., Incontinenter,..vncontinently. 1598 Florio, Incontinente, vncontinent, vncleane of life. |
▪ II. † uncontinent
var. incontinent adv.
| 1506 in Charters, etc. Edinb. (1871) 189 We charge you straitlie and commandis vncontinent [etc.]. |