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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1577-1578, 1680
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(Unregratit,) Unregrated, -regretted, p.p. [18th c. Eng. unregretted (1781); Regrat(e v.1] a. Not complained of. b. Unlamented. —a. a1578 Pitsc. (1728) 172.
This man, being of a bold spirit, could not suffer the matter long to be unregrated to the king —b. c1680 W. Row Blair 453.
He died … unregretted by good men
