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- adjective Not
licentious .
Etymologies
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un- + licentious
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Examples
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With these free yet unlicentious principles, Dryden brought to the task of translation a competent knowledge of the language of the originals, with an unbounded command of his own.
The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Scott, Walter, Sir 1882
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With these free yet unlicentious principles, Dryden brought to the task of translation a competent knowledge of the language of the originals, with an unbounded command of his own.
The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Walter Scott 1801
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