ppl. a. [UN-1 8.]
1. Of persons: Not subjected to questioning; uninterrogated.
1601. Shaks., All’s Well, II. i. 211. More should I question thee … From whence thou cam’st, how tended on, but rest Vnquestion’d welcome.
1655. Nicholas Papers (Camden), II. 295. It lookes straingly that he passeth to and fro with that liberty he doth vnquestioned.
1742. Richardson, Pamela, IV. 144. I could wish … that, even in Jest, my Mamma’s Daughter might pass unquestioned.
1810. Scott, Lady of L., I. xxix. That fellest foe might join the feast, And from his deadliest foeman’s door Unquestioned turn.
1870. Morris, Earthly Par., Atl. Race, 45. Wherethrough, unquestioned of his race or name, He entered.
absol. 1898. B. Gregory, Side Lights Confl. Meth., 525. Permitting the great Questioner to be the great Unquestioned.
2. Not inquired into; unexamined.
1603. Shaks., Meas. for M., I. i. 56. Our haste from hence is of so quicke condition, that it … leaues vnquestion’d Matters of needfull value.
3. Not called in question; undisputed.
c. 1622. Rowley, etc., Birth of Merlin, I. ii. 6. His safety being unquestion’d.
1653. W. Ramesey, Astrol. Restored, 3. The case [is] … clear and unquestioned amongst rational men.
1712. Addison, Spect., No. 469, ¶ 5. The stated and unquestioned Fee of his Office.
1781. Cowper, Expost., 645. To praise him is to serve him, and fulfil … his unquestion’d will.
1809. Crabbe, Tales, IX. 62. He must be one with manners like her own, His life unquestion’d, his opinions known.
1885. Manch. Exam., 4 Feb., 4/7. She has put forward her largest claims, and … they pass unquestioned.
b. Quasi-adv. Without question.
1734. Thomson, Liberty, IV. 862. On Aid, unquestion’d, liberal Aid was given.
Hence Unquestionedly adv.
1644. Digby, Nat. Bodies, xxxiii. § 5. 287. The memory, till then, keepeth quietly and vnquestionedly for the true obiect, what either the thought or chance … had patched up.
