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1390. Gower, Conf., I. 250. Bot for nothing that evere he can He mihte as thanne noght ben herd, So that his cleym is unansuerd.
1464. Cov. Leet Bk., 323. That hit were doughtfull sich suggestion to remayn vnanswered.
1532. More, Confut. Tindale, III. 281. Tyndale wolde haue sayed I hadde dissymyled, and lefte vnanswered his chyefe reason of all.
1585. T. Washington, trans. Nicholay’s Voy., I. xix. 22. [They began] to shoote at the castle with great furie, which was not least vnanswered.
1611. Shaks., Wint. T., V. i. 229. Your Petition Is yet vn-answer’d.
1653. W. Ramesey, Astrol. Restored, 37. The Art remains still unshaken, and it [= a book] unanswered.
1738. Wesley, Ps. VI. iv. Weary of my unanswered Groans, Yet still with never-ceasing Moans I languish for Relief.
1796. Mme. D’Arblay, Camilla, II. xi. His unanswered observations contributed but little to enliven the walk.
1843. Mrs. Carlyle, Lett. (1883), I. 276. She has left my last letter unanswered.
1901. Spectator, 20 July, 92/2. The arguments so ably re-stated … are not only unanswered but unanswerable.
