ppl. a. [UN-1 8.]
1. Not puzzled or made uncertain.
1558. Phaër, Æneid., VI. Q j b. Proud minds vnperplext Reioysing vile in sinne.
a. 1586. Sidney, Arcadia, III. iv. Desiring her (whose thoughts were unperplexed) to use for his sake … intercession.
a. 1711. Ken, Urania, Poet. Wks. 1721, IV. 452. With Judgment unperplex’d [she] Reviews the Text.
1728. Young, Love Fame, V. 263. Bless’d with health, with business unperplex’d.
1824. Campbell, Theodric, 192. Hers was the brow, in trials unperplexed, That cheered the sad.
1838. Mrs. Browning, To M. R. Mitford, 10. Thou art unperplext,… To preach a sermon on so known a text!
2. Not involved or intricate.
1653. Walton, Angler, i. 31. That good, plain, unperplext Catechism, that is printed with the old service book.
c. 1698. Locke, Cond. Und., § 39. Simple, unperplexed proposition belonging to the matter in hand.
1754. A. Murphy, Gray’s-Inn Jrnl., No. 104. My Arrangement has been grammatically just, unperplexed and clear.
1812[?]. Wordsw., Water foul, 13. Progress intricate Yet unperplexed, as if one spirit swayed Their indefatigable flight.
1864. Pusey, Lect. Daniel, 317. The unperplexed simple pleading.
