Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not submitting; not obsequious; not readily yielding.
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Examples
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The valor too and unsubmitting spirit of subjects only render them more obnoxious to their masters; while remoteness and secrecy of situation itself, in proportion as it conduces to security, tends to inspire suspicion.
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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His determination, on his own account, to carry on the war against the enemy in the mountains, till they or himself were expelled from the country, denotes the unsubmitting patriot.
The Life of Francis Marion Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870 1844
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The king of England too had experienced the high spirit and unsubmitting temper of Lewis.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. David Hume 1743
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