different between unwithstood vs throe
unwithstood
English
Etymology
un- +? withstood
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?d
Adjective
unwithstood (not comparable)
- Unopposed, not resisted.
- 1819, Percy Shelley, The Masque of Anarchy:
- As if their own indignant Earth
- Which gave the sons of England birth
- Had felt their blood upon her brow,
- And shuddering with a mother's throe
- Had turned every drop of blood
- By which her face had been bedewed
- To an accent unwithstood, —
- As if her heart had cried aloud: [...]
- 1819, Percy Shelley, The Masque of Anarchy:
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throe
English
Alternative forms
- throw (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English throwe, perhaps from Old English þr?a, þr?wian (“suffer”). The modern spelling displaced the original in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: throw
Noun
throe (plural throes)
- A pang, spasm.
- Which gave the sons of England birth
Had felt their blood upon her brow,
And shuddering with a mother's throe
Had turned every drop of blood
By which her face had been bedewed
To an accent unwithstood, —
As if her heart had cried aloud: [...]
- Which gave the sons of England birth
- (usually in the plural) A hard struggle.
- A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:agony
- See also Thesaurus:pain
Derived terms
- in the throes of
Translations
Verb
throe (third-person singular simple present throes, present participle throeing, simple past and past participle throed)
- (transitive) To put in agony.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 1
- Sebastian: ?????Prithee, say on:
The setting of thine eye and cheek proclaim
A matter from thee, and a birth, indeed
Which throes thee much to yield.
- Sebastian: ?????Prithee, say on:
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 1
- (intransitive) To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
Translations
References
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Throe”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 2 (Su–Th), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 368, column 1.
Anagrams
- Rothe, heort-, hetro, other, rothe, thero-, threo-
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