ppl. a. (UN-1 10.)
1637. Bp. Hall, Rem. Prophaneness, II. § 11. (1662), 80. What unrepining subjection to the rod?
1654. Nicholas Papers (Camden), II. 118. That I may be able to keepe him in the present free and unrepyning humor.
1739. Glover, Hosier’s Ghost, 65. Unrepining at thy glory, Thy successful arms we hail.
1815. Scott, Guy M., xxix. She would sit up … to nurse me with the most unrepining patience.
1850. Mrs. Jameson, Leg. Monast. Ord., 402. She endured all unrepining.
Hence Unrepiningly adv.
1616. Wotton, Lett., in Rem. (1651), 507. His indisputable will must be done, and unrepiningly received by his own Creatures.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa, II. 237. [As] the will of Providence … leads, let me patiently and unrepiningly follow.
1876. Bancroft, Hist. U.S., I. ix. 277. He unrepiningly went to meet impoverishment … for the welfare of Massachusetts.
