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well(-)found, ppl. a.
†1.
a. Used in the vocative (like welcome) to greet a person when met. Obs.
c1350Ipomadon 6715 (Kölbing) Well founde, mayde Imayne. c1350Lybeaus Disc. (Ritson) 1660 The constable seyde, Well founde, Noble knyght of the table rounde.
†2. Of tried goodness, merit, or value; well-approved, commendable. Obs.
In quot. 1887 prob. an echo of Shakespeare's use.
1601Shakes. All's Well ii. i. 105 Gerard de Narbon was my father, In what he did professe, well found. 1607― Cor. ii. ii. 48 In our well-found Successes. 1887Mrs. E. Lynn Linton in Fortn. Rev. May 728 Many [of the Athenian hetæræ] lived comparatively well-found lives.
3. Fully furnished or equipped.
1793[see found ppl. a. 2]. 1864Burton Scot Abr. II. ii. 144 The garrison is large and well found. 1869Blackmore Lorna D. x, He seemed very old, being over twenty, and well-found in beard. 1891A. H. Markham Sir J. Franklin 301 A well-found steamer. |