UNBENDING

a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things. Flies o'er unbending corn, and skims along the main. Pope.

2.
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Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.

3.
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Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.

4.
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Devoted to relaxation or amusement. [R.] It may entertain your lordships at an unbending hour. Rowe. -- Un*bend"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*bend"ing*ness, n.


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