ppl. a. [UN-1 8.] Not conquered or vanquished: a. Of persons, places, etc.
1549. Udall, etc., Erasm. Par. 1 John ii. 47. A mynde that is vnbroken and vnconquered agaynst al wanton enticementes, agaynst all iniuries, sheweth a man to be a Christian.
1591. Shaks., 1 Hen. VI., IV. ii. 32. Loe, there thou standst a breathing valiant man of an inuincible vnconquer’d spirit.
1618. J. Taylor (Water P.), Penniless Pilgr., Wks. (1630), 129/2. I haue seene many Straights and Fortresses…, but they must all giue place to this vnconquered Castle, both for strength and scituation.
1684. Burnet, trans. More’s Utopia, 1. Henry the 8th, the unconquered King of England.
1715. Pope, Iliad, I. 378. That imperious, that unconquer’d soul, No laws can limit, no respect control.
1765. Blackstone, Comm., I. 93. Wales had continued independent of England, unconquered and uncultivated.
1813. Byron, Corsair, III. i. The mountain shadows kiss Thy glorious gulf, unconquer’d Salamis!
1867. ‘Ouida,’ C. Castlemaine’s Gage, 3. So she would put them all aside … and go on her own way, proud, peerless,… conquering and unconquered.
b. Of things, in various applications.
1651. Wittie, Primrose’s Pop. Err., I. viii. 30. Wood annointed with Alome remaines unconquered of the fire.
a. 1718. Prior, Henry & Emma, 22. While my Notes to future Times proclaim Unconquer’d Love.
1750. trans. Leonardus’ Mirr. Stones, 63. The diamond … had its name from the Greek interpretation, which is, an unconquered virtue.
1813. Shelley, Q. Mab, III. 97. The unconquered powers of precedent and custom interpose Between a king and virtue.
1860. Tyndall, Glac., I. xi. 78. The chief difficulties remained unconquered.
1887. Spectator, 5 Nov., 1497. Saint Elias,… the still unconquered peak of Alaska.
