ppl. a. [UN-1 8.] Not tired or exhausted; unwearied.
1594. Shaks., Rich. III., IV. ii. 44. Hath he so long held out with me, vntyr’d, And stops he now for breath?
1616. W. Browne, Brit. Past., II. i. 10. The great effects of vntirde industry.
a. 1660. Contemp. Hist. Irel. (Ir. Archæol. Soc.), II. 21. Greate is the preparation, by thunderinge proclamations and untyred poastes to and fro.
1753. Hanway, Trav., III. xxxviii. (1762), I. 175. With … untired attention he applied himself to business.
1799. Wordsw., Influence Nat. Obj., 32. Exulting like an untired horse That cares not for his home.
1839. T. Mitchell, Frogs of Aristoph., 651, note. The canary, with its untired throat and labyrinth of sounds.
1889. A. Lang, Lett. Lit., iii. (ed. 2), 37. The poor have … in him an untired advocate and friend.
b. Const. by, with, and † of.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, I. lii. Vnfear’d in fight, vntir’d with hurt or wound.
1624. Heywood, Gunaik., V. 226. Most patient of labour, untyred with travell.
1698. Atterbury, Serm. (1734), IV. 235. When the Mind is fresh and vigorous, untired with the Business of the Day.
1802. H. Martin, Helen of Glenross, III. 139. I am still untired of sight or visits.
1813. Byron, Corsair, I. xii. Unmoved by absence,… And yet … untired by time.
1839. Arnold, in Stanley, Life (1844), II. 175. I was so perfectly untired by my past work.
Hence Untiredly adv.
1855. Faber, Growth in Holiness, xxvi. 48. Fervour … thus immediately and untiredly … works at present duties.
