† Unfortunate v.

Obs. [UN-² 6 a.] trans. To make unfortunate or unlucky.

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1602. Carew, Cornwall, 101 b. By his dreery influence, [he] unfortunateth any birth that shal then casually befall.

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1653. W. Ramesey, Astrol. Restored, 317. An Eclipse of the Sun … unfortunateth the Sea and the affairs thereof.

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Hence † Unfortunating ppl. a.

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1647. Lilly, Chr. Astrol., xxii. 131. If the unfortunating Planet be in the seventh.

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