unˈsummoned, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
| 1474 Acta Audit. (1839) 35/2 Henry..protestit þat þe decrete..suld turne him to na preiudice becauss he was vnsummond. 1480 Acta Dom. Conc. (1839) 55/2 The lordis..ordanis him to hafe lettres to summond his prufis þat Is vnsummond gife he ony has. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Isl. v. xli, The lazie sense still sleeps, unsummon'd with his drum. 1673 Dryden Marr. à la Mode iv. v, Like an unsummon'd guest. 1763 Mallet Elvira iii. iii, She [is]..unsummon'd too To this high task. a 1800 Cowper Odyss. (ed. 2) xxii. 551 Then bid Penelope with her attendants down, Nor leave unsummon'd one of all the train. 1839 A. Jameson Visits & Sk. II. 74 Those whom the rules of etiquette allowed to approach unsummoned and pay their respects. 1860 Forster Gr. Remonstr. 31 An unsummoned tenant..could not take his place in the Council. |