ppl. a. Obs. [UN-1 8 b.] = UNBORN ppl. a.

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a. 1250.  Prov. Alfred, 449, in O. E. Misc., 128. Betere is child vnbore þane vnbuhsum.

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c. 1290.  S. Eng. Leg., I. 19/2. Miracle ore louerd dude for him þe ȝuyt he was un-bore.

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1390.  Gower, Conf., I. 149. Sche wissheth forto ben unbore.

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c. 1400.  Beryn, 1210. It wer better he were vnbore, For he doith nat ellis, save atte hazard pley.

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1605.  Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. iii. II. Fathers, 133. But (O!) more millions of Babes yet un-bore, Then there be sands upon the Libyan shore.

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