a. Obs. [UN-1 7.] Not ready, willing, or well-disposed.
13[?]. St. Erkenwolde, 285. Nas I a paynym vnpreste þat neuer thi plite knewe?
1568. T. Howell, Newe Sonets (1879), 131. When Pen is vnprest, And witte wanteth conning thervnto adrest.
a. Obs. [UN-1 7.] Not ready, willing, or well-disposed.
13[?]. St. Erkenwolde, 285. Nas I a paynym vnpreste þat neuer thi plite knewe?
1568. T. Howell, Newe Sonets (1879), 131. When Pen is vnprest, And witte wanteth conning thervnto adrest.
