ppl. a. (UN-1 8.)
1665. Boyle, Occas. Refl., Wks. 1744, II. Pref. 142/1. I may hope, that the same youth, that was my temptation to write them, may prove my excuse for having written them, as it may for leaving them unexpunged.
[1775. Ash.]
1826. Malthus, Popul. (ed. 6), II. 457. If the statute were to remain unexpunged.