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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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UNSENT, ppl.adj. Also unsenn. Sc. form and usage: not sent for, unsummoned.Sc. 1717 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 18:
Be reckless Death, wha came unsenn To lucky Wood.

[The form unsenn corresponds to the pa.p. send, obs. in Eng. since the 16th c.]

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