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well-underˈstood, ppl. a.
a1700Evelyn Diary 25 Mar. 1644, A skreene..accurately cutt in topiary worke, with well understood Architecture. 1792Burke Sp. (1816) IV. 55 Without the guide and light of sound well-understood principles. 1845G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. iv. 101 She only followed a well-understood practice among her countrywomen. 1868Gladstone Juv. Mundi iv. 113 Homer may seem, then, to designate, though not as by absolute and well-understood synonyms, but rather with a certain vagueness, substantially the same persons. |