(UN-1 8 b: cf. MEET v.)
1603. B. Jonson, Sejanus, V. i. Winds lose their strength, when they do empty fly, Unmet of woods or buildings.
1641. Earl Monm., trans. Biondi’s Civil Wars, IV. 42. Had Warwick been of this opinion, succour had not come unmet withall.
1798. Monthly Mag., V. 367. Back to the desert-air Unmet shall he repair.
1818. Colebrooke, Import. Colonial Corn, 108. Yet are his productions not unthreatened nor unmet by dangerous rivalship.
1868. Morris, Earthly Par., I. II. 662. While through this poor land range the heathen men, Unmet of any but my King.
