unapocryphal en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + apocryphal.
Meanings
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Not apocryphal; not of doubtful authority, authoritative
For books are as meats and viands are; ſome of good, ſome of evill ſubſtance; and yet God in that unapocryphall viſion, ſaid without exception, Riſe Peter, kill and eat, leaving the choice to each mans diſcretion.
1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 11:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unapocryphall | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| more unapocryphal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unapocryphal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |