masteredadj.
/ˈmɑːstəd/, /ˈmastəd/, U.S. /ˈmæstərd/ That has been mastered (in various senses of the verb).
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [adjective] > overmastered
overmastereda1586
mastered1586
bettered1656
society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > ruled or governed by superior power
overswayeda1625
mastered1693
overlorded1913
society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [adjective] > able or fit to be learned or mastered
learnable?1630
masterable1648
mastered1899
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. P3v Howe mightily the shewe of my forwarde mishaps swaieth ouer my maistered spirits.
1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 65 If teares do not trickle From your much maisterd eyes where fancies fitte, Then, eagles will I terme you for your eyes.
1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Iob xxx. 37 in Paraphr. Divine Poems They..Like head-strong Horses, twixt their teeth have tane The masterd Bridle.
1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iii. ix. 112 [He] rescued the best of his former mastered french ships.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 197 That Monarch, whom the Master'd World obey.
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xxix. 119 The master'd felon..gasp'd beneath a mortal wound.
1899 J. Caird Univ. Addr. 33 The mastered and established facts of knowledge.
1927 W. S. Churchill World Crisis III. i. ix. 224 The mastered agony of the munitionless retreat, the slowly regathered forces.
1985 ‘E. Peters’ Excellent Myst. (1986) i. 18 The great court opened serene in sunshine, crossed and re-crossed by busy, preoccupied people,..all about their normal, mastered affairs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1586