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well-ˈregulated, ppl. a.
1709Shaftesbury Moralists ii. iv. 108 If a liberal Education has form'd in us..well-regulated Appetites, and worthy Inclinations. 1714R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. ii. 250 The practice of all well regulated courts of justice in the world. 1812J. Joyce Sci. Dial., Astron. xii. II. 126 The equation of time..is the adjustment of the difference of time, as shown by a well-regulated clock and a true sun-dial. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair lviii, A remissness for which I am sure every well-regulated person will blame the Major. 1862Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Hallib. i. v. 27 It appeared, to her well-regulated mind, like a clandestine proceeding. 1894Pop. Sci. Monthly June 165 The newspaper, a never wanting adjunct to every well-regulated American embryo city. |