ppl. a. (UN-1 8.)
Before 1760 somewhat rare; in freq. use from c. 1790.
1583. Golding, Calvin on Deut., 41 b. In such wise as God may holde still his right vnimpayred.
1628. Le Grys, trans. Barclay’s Argenis, 122. To him will I restore what they rob’d thee of, as I finde by them yet vnempayred.
1738. G. Lillo, Marina, II. ii. My youth yet unimpair’d By riot or disease.
1772. Junius’ Lett., Ded. (1788), 7. When you leave the unimpaired, hereditary freehold to Your children.
1816. Byron, Ch. Har., III. v. Shapes which dwell Still unimpair’d, though old, in the soul’s haunted cell.
1855. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xx. IV. 532. She … repeated her part of the office with unimpaired memory.
1860. Motley, Netherl., ii. I. 51. He had preserved the most unimpaired good-humour.
