ppl. a. (UN-1 10.)
1768–74. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1834), II. 103. That unabating activity, that serenity … which are characteristics of a perfect disciple.
1779. Hervey, Nat. Hist., II. 165. The fleet remained ignorant of what had happened, and the fight was continued with unabating warmth.
1831. D. E. Williams, Life & Corr. Sir T. Lawrence, II. 264. The whole of which time he appeared in unabating spirits, and with not the slightest appearance of weakness.
1894. Daily News, 5 Sept., 5/6. His unabating zeal for the Irish cause.
Hence Unabatingly adv.
1793. Minstrel, I. 174. The storm continued unabatingly.
