ppl. a. [UN-1 8.]
† 1. Not proved to be skilled. Obs.–1
1422. Rolls of Parlt., IV. 158/1. Many unconnyng an[d] unapproved in the forsayd science practiseth.
† 2. Not demonstrated; unproved. Obs.
1597. Shaks., Lover’s Compl., 53. O false blood thou register of lies, What vnapproued witnes doost thou beare!
1597. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., V. lxii. § 16. The nullity of baptism in regard of the like defect is only a few men’s new, ungrounded, and as yet unapproved imagination.
1598. Florio, Dict., Ep. Ded. Rashnes in assuming so much for it that yet is vnapprooued.
3. Not approved or sanctioned.
1667. Milton, P. L., V. 118. Evil into the mind of God or Man May come and go, so unapprov’d, and leave No spot or blame behind.
1812. Crabbe, Tales, ix. 77. A Doctor Campbell … Declared his passion, and proclaim’d his worth; Not unapproved.
1827. Pollok, Course T., VIII. 193. Unprofitable seemed, and unapproved That day, the sullen, self-vindictive life Of the recluse.
1902. Westm. Gaz., 20 May, 3. He recognised forces unapproved by the Royal College of Surgeons.
