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Webster 1913 Edition


Unremitting

Unˊre-mit′ting

,
Adj.
Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering;
as,
unremitting
exertions
.
Cowper.
Unˊre-mit′ting-ly
,
adv.
Unˊre-mit′ting-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unremitting

UNREMIT'TING

,
Adj.
Not abating; not relaxing for a time; incessant; continued; as unremitting exertions.

Definition 2024


unremitting

unremitting

English

Adjective

unremitting (comparative more unremitting, superlative most unremitting)

  1. incessant; never slackening
    • 1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.
      We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.
    • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 4, in Frankenstein:
      These thoughts supported my spirits, while I pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour.

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  1. unremitting” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).