a. (Zool.) Without a palpus. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
How shall I then your helpless fame defend? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Yet since the gods have been
Helpless foreseers of my plagues. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
Helpless of all that human wants require. Dryden.
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