well-disposedadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌwɛldᵻˈspəʊzd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛldəˈspoʊzd/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and disposed adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., disposed adj.

Etymology: < well adv. + disposed adj.

A. adj.

1. Having a favourable disposition; good-natured, benign; (in later use) esp. inclined to be friendly or sympathetic to or towards a person or thing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective]

mildeOE

blitheOE

goodOE

well-willingOE

beina1200

goodfulc1275

blithefula1300

faira1300

benignc1320

gainc1330

sweetc1330

kinda1333

propicec1350

well-willeda1382

well-disposeda1393

well-hearteda1393

well-willinga1393

friendsomea1400

well-willya1400

charitablec1405

well-willed1417

good-heartedc1425

kindlyc1425

honeyed1435

propitious1440

affectuousc1441

willya1449

homelyc1450

benevolous1470

benigned1470

benevolent1482

favourousc1485

well-meaned1488

well-meaning1498

humanec1500

favourablec1503

affectionatea1516

well-mindedc1522

beneficial1526

propiciant1531

benignate1533

well-intendeda1535

beneficious1535

kind-hearted1535

well-given1535

affectioned1539

well-wishing1548

figgy?1549

good-meaning1549

affectedc1553

affectionated1561

well-natured1561

well-affected?1563

officious1565

well-inclined1569

good-natured1582

partial1587

graceful?1593

well-intentioned1598

beneficent1616

candid1633

kindlike1637

benefic1641

kindly-hearted1762

well-meant1765

benignanta1782

sweet-hearted1850

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > [adjective] > favourably disposed

favourable1340

pleasantc1350

propense?1534

good disposed1553

well-affectioned1561

well-affected?1563

well-conceited1592

propensive1599

conceited1612

well-set1632

well-disposed1660

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 3785 (MED) Ofte time it [sc. God's grace] faileth To suche as be noght wel disposed.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 19 Oþere causis touching..oþere weel disposid cristen men of þe lay partie..ben sette in þe book which y calle þe ‘bifore crier’.

1456 J. Bokkyng in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 148 Þe comouns of Kent..ar nought all weel disposid.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 15^v An honeste or weldisposed manne.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 207 You loose a thousand well disposed hearts.

1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. K4^v Should my heart be grieud..Cause I see a Woman kind? Or a well disposed Nature, Ioyned with a louely Feature?

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 286 I was in a humour so well disposed that I accepted very willingly.

1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. ii. iii. 139 Studious and well-dispos'd Readers may certainly understand such [truths] as are necessary for them to believe.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks II. iv. 74 Whilst he..stands so well-dispos'd towards the Laws and Government of his higher Country.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. ii. 17 The charity of well disposed people..supplies him with the whole fund of his subsistence.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xiii. 256 An obliging, well-disposed, and civil neighbour of mine.

1842 E. B. Pusey Crisis Eng. Church 141 When Greek Catholicism..becomes well-disposed to Anglo-Catholicism.

1954 N. Coward Diary 13 June (2000) 237 The daily Press was idiotic as usual but well-disposed.

1993 S. Marshall Nest of Magpies (1994) xlvii. 409 I did not feel in the least well-disposed towards her.

†2.

a. In good physical condition; healthy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy

wholeeOE

isoundOE

i-sundfulc1000

ferec1175

soundc1175

fish-wholea1225

forthlyc1230

steadfasta1300

wella1300

safec1300

tidya1325

halec1330

quartc1330

well-faringc1330

well-tempered1340

well-disposeda1398

wealyc1400

furnished1473

mighty?a1475

quartful?c1475

good1527

wholesomea1533

crank1548

healthful1550

healthy1552

hearty1552

healthsome1563

well-affected?1563

disposed1575

as sound as a bell1576

firm1577

well-conditioned1580

sound1605

unvaletudinary1650

all right1652

valid1652

as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655

fair-like1663

hoddy1664

wanton1674

stout?1697

trig1704

well-hained1722

sprack1747

caller1754

sane1755

finely1763

bobbish1780

cleverly1784

right1787

smart1788

fine1791

eucratic1795

nobbling1825

as right as a trivet1835

first rate1841

in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844

gay1855

sprackish1882

game ball1905

abled1946

well-toned1952

a hundred per cent1960

oke1960

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. vi. 182 A wel desposed yȝe is considred, touchinge þe parfite composicioun of þe parties.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 76 (MED) Whanne þat þe lyme is weel disposid & not to swolle ne drawe abrood.

c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 127 In euery eye wele dysposyd ther be tweyn lynys departyng this hope fro..the qwyte.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 247 (MED) I shall you say shortely What thynges makyth the body fat, moiste, and well dysposid.

1598 T. James tr. G. Du Vair Moral Philos. Stoicks 16 Hee must haue a sound and well disposed bodie.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxxvii. 69 The Physitians hold, that in evry well dispos'd body, ther be above 4000 Pulsations evry hour.

1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. xxix. 201 Such a full and evident perception, as it [sc. the mind] does receive from an outward Object operating duly on a well-disposed Organ.

a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 237 An healthful Body, and a sound Mind, vigorous Faculties, and well disposed Organs.

b. Of reason: sound, well-regulated. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [adjective] > strong, valid, convincing

justa1413

pregnanta1425

well-disposedc1449

pregnablea1500

legitime1532

concludent1571

potent1609

solid1615

concluding1620

valida1648

valuable1647

conclusive1649

cogent1659

legitimate1774

well-taken1789

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 148 Wherfore no doom of weel disposid resoun reproueth and weerneth the seid hauyng and vsing of ymagis in the chirche.

a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 417 Do besily what þou maiste while þou art here in hele & hast the vse & fredam of þi wittis & reason well disposed.

3. Suitably ordered or set out; pleasingly or favourably appointed, arranged, or organized. Somewhat rare in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > ordered or systematically arranged > well-ordered or well-arranged

well-disposeda1398

arrayedc1405

well-laid1577

methodical1650

well-digested1708

well-ordered1712

well-arranged1823

well-structured1837

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > [adjective] > arranged > well

well-ranged1523

well-disposed1725

square1825

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. ii. 170 Heer wel desposid [L. bene dispositi] growinge on þe heed kepeþ and hiȝtiþ and defendiþ þe heed.

c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 214 (MED) A wonder þing it were..In a so well disposed lordes house, If vesselles þat ben riche and preciouse Schulde so despysed..be.

?1525 Saynt Nycholas of Tollentyne sig. A.ii Saynt Nycholas of tollentyne, was borne in a countree called Pycen in a well dysposed Cyte called Fyrmane.

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 79 The rest of her yellowe haire, descended downe ouer her fayre necke, well disposed shoulders, and straight backe.

1654 S. Hartlib True & Readie Way to learn Latine Tongue 22 Children..are to be brought into a place where all things.., to be expressed in Latine words, may be shewed to them in a well-disposed order.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Vine To plant an Acre of such Ground with Vines, in some well-disposed place on the declivity of an Hill.

1749 W. Melmoth Lett. by Sir Thomas Fitzosborne II. lxi. 116 The grace and harmony of well-disposed lights and shades.

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. ix. 181 My mother's room is very commodious, is it not? Large and cheerful-looking, and the dressing closets so well disposed !

1948 Vogue 15 Apr. 96 Well-disposed stripes, apricot and black, on a neat all-day suit.

1983 Winterthur Portfolio 18 25/2 The author explained the use and placement of these [paintings, books, etc.] in the well-disposed house.

4. Of the weather: favourable; clement. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective]

fairOE

merry1214

clearc1384

well-disposed1477

fine1595

blue-sky1852

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 72 The fayr sonne shone clere..and the weder was softe and well dysposed.

1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 3^v An extraordinary noise..which to the first apprehension, they imagined to be a peale of Thunder..: But more considerately beholding the marble cleernes of the well disposed skye..they found the error of that conceit.

1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion ix. 2 The next Morning as soon as possibly he could he would proceed in his Journy; because the Time was not to be he lost, since the weather was fair, and well-disposed.

1890 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Champion 29 Mar. 3/2 It was still early, but there was no dewy freshness or breezy coolness, nothing bright and invigorating, such as a well disposed morning is expected to bring.

1921 W. J. McKenzie Visit to S. Amer. i. 4 Fortunately the weather was well-disposed.

B. n.

With plural agreement. With the: favourably disposed people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > graciousness > person > collectively

henda1350

well-disposed?1526

?1526 G. Hervet tr. Erasmus De Immensa Dei Misericordia sig. M^v He..suffreth so riche hauiour of this worlde to be commune to the weldisposed and wicked.

1660 R. South Eccl. Policy 8 in Interest Deposed The Unprepossessed on the one hand, and the Well disposed on the other.

1739 D. Waterland Guide to Communicants xiv. 108 The supine and careless, the ignorant, but well-disposed..are to be treated in a tender and engaging Manner.

1753 R. Arnald Crit. Comm. Apocrypha xvi. 116/1 In wicked ones, it produces no Change for the better..but upon the well-disposed it has most excellent effects.

1817 L. Hunt in W. Hazlitt Round Table I. 222 My office is two-fold, to give advice to the well-disposed, and to inflict punishment on the ill.

1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) xv. 235 The indolence and timidity of the well-disposed enabled the enemies of the people to prevail.

1982 V. M. Del Buono Criminal Procedure in Canada 389 Anyone who wanted to pack a jury..began by getting the sheriff to see that only the well-disposed got on the panel.

2002 J. Johnson Who needs Classical Music? v. 91 Even the well-disposed can find this atmosphere rather stifling.

Derivatives

well-diˈsposedness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > goodwill or kind intention

goodwilleOE

favoura1340

well-willinga1382

well-meaninga1393

good nature?c1450

voillancea1500

well-disposedness1606

bon-accordc1650

well-meaningness1663

well-naturedness1679

well-intentionedness1799

1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth x. 75 By a well-disposednesse of minde, we may correct the iniquitie of all hard euents.

1701 J. Hayward Hell's Everlasting Flames Avoided (ed. 16) 79 O let thy tender Mercy always keep me in this good and well disposedness of mind, that I may never break the least of thy Commandments.

1853 F. W. Robertson Let. 5 Jan. in S. A. Brooke Life & Lett. F. W. Robertson (1865) II. iii. 191 The ‘good-will of the audience’, that is, a personal feeling of well-disposedness towards the speaker who is to convince or teach them.

1984 D. Adams So Long, & Thanks for all Fish xxiv. 126 A lemur..was a tricky kind of thing to think nice thoughts about without simply resorting to an icky sort of general well-disposedness towards things.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well-disposed
释义	well-disposedadj.n. Brit. /ˌwɛldᵻˈspəʊzd/, U.S. /ˌwɛldəˈspoʊzd/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and disposed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., disposed adj. Etymology: < well adv. + disposed adj. A. adj. 1. Having a favourable disposition; good-natured, benign; (in later use) esp. inclined to be friendly or sympathetic to or towards a person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] mildeOE blitheOE goodOE well-willingOE beina1200 goodfulc1275 blithefula1300 faira1300 benignc1320 gainc1330 sweetc1330 kinda1333 propicec1350 well-willeda1382 well-disposeda1393 well-hearteda1393 well-willinga1393 friendsomea1400 well-willya1400 charitablec1405 well-willed1417 good-heartedc1425 kindlyc1425 honeyed1435 propitious1440 affectuousc1441 willya1449 homelyc1450 benevolous1470 benigned1470 benevolent1482 favourousc1485 well-meaned1488 well-meaning1498 humanec1500 favourablec1503 affectionatea1516 well-mindedc1522 beneficial1526 propiciant1531 benignate1533 well-intendeda1535 beneficious1535 kind-hearted1535 well-given1535 affectioned1539 well-wishing1548 figgy?1549 good-meaning1549 affectedc1553 affectionated1561 well-natured1561 well-affected?1563 officious1565 well-inclined1569 good-natured1582 partial1587 graceful?1593 well-intentioned1598 beneficent1616 candid1633 kindlike1637 benefic1641 kindly-hearted1762 well-meant1765 benignanta1782 sweet-hearted1850 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > [adjective] > favourably disposed favourable1340 pleasantc1350 propense?1534 good disposed1553 well-affectioned1561 well-affected?1563 well-conceited1592 propensive1599 conceited1612 well-set1632 well-disposed1660 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 3785 (MED) Ofte time it [sc. God's grace] faileth To suche as be noght wel disposed. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 19 Oþere causis touching..oþere weel disposid cristen men of þe lay partie..ben sette in þe book which y calle þe ‘bifore crier’. 1456 J. Bokkyng in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 148 Þe comouns of Kent..ar nought all weel disposid. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 15^v An honeste or weldisposed manne. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 207 You loose a thousand well disposed hearts. View more context for this quotation 1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. K4^v Should my heart be grieud..Cause I see a Woman kind? Or a well disposed Nature, Ioyned with a louely Feature? 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 286 I was in a humour so well disposed that I accepted very willingly. 1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. ii. iii. 139 Studious and well-dispos'd Readers may certainly understand such [truths] as are necessary for them to believe. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks II. iv. 74 Whilst he..stands so well-dispos'd towards the Laws and Government of his higher Country. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. ii. 17 The charity of well disposed people..supplies him with the whole fund of his subsistence. View more context for this quotation 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xiii. 256 An obliging, well-disposed, and civil neighbour of mine. 1842 E. B. Pusey Crisis Eng. Church 141 When Greek Catholicism..becomes well-disposed to Anglo-Catholicism. 1954 N. Coward Diary 13 June (2000) 237 The daily Press was idiotic as usual but well-disposed. 1993 S. Marshall Nest of Magpies (1994) xlvii. 409 I did not feel in the least well-disposed towards her. †2. a. In good physical condition; healthy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy wholeeOE isoundOE i-sundfulc1000 ferec1175 soundc1175 fish-wholea1225 forthlyc1230 steadfasta1300 wella1300 safec1300 tidya1325 halec1330 quartc1330 well-faringc1330 well-tempered1340 well-disposeda1398 wealyc1400 furnished1473 mighty?a1475 quartful?c1475 good1527 wholesomea1533 crank1548 healthful1550 healthy1552 hearty1552 healthsome1563 well-affected?1563 disposed1575 as sound as a bell1576 firm1577 well-conditioned1580 sound1605 unvaletudinary1650 all right1652 valid1652 as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655 fair-like1663 hoddy1664 wanton1674 stout?1697 trig1704 well-hained1722 sprack1747 caller1754 sane1755 finely1763 bobbish1780 cleverly1784 right1787 smart1788 fine1791 eucratic1795 nobbling1825 as right as a trivet1835 first rate1841 in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844 gay1855 sprackish1882 game ball1905 abled1946 well-toned1952 a hundred per cent1960 oke1960 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. vi. 182 A wel desposed yȝe is considred, touchinge þe parfite composicioun of þe parties. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 76 (MED) Whanne þat þe lyme is weel disposid & not to swolle ne drawe abrood. c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 127 In euery eye wele dysposyd ther be tweyn lynys departyng this hope fro..the qwyte. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 247 (MED) I shall you say shortely What thynges makyth the body fat, moiste, and well dysposid. 1598 T. James tr. G. Du Vair Moral Philos. Stoicks 16 Hee must haue a sound and well disposed bodie. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxxvii. 69 The Physitians hold, that in evry well dispos'd body, ther be above 4000 Pulsations evry hour. 1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. xxix. 201 Such a full and evident perception, as it [sc. the mind] does receive from an outward Object operating duly on a well-disposed Organ. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 237 An healthful Body, and a sound Mind, vigorous Faculties, and well disposed Organs. b. Of reason: sound, well-regulated. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [adjective] > strong, valid, convincing justa1413 pregnanta1425 well-disposedc1449 pregnablea1500 legitime1532 concludent1571 potent1609 solid1615 concluding1620 valida1648 valuable1647 conclusive1649 cogent1659 legitimate1774 well-taken1789 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 148 Wherfore no doom of weel disposid resoun reproueth and weerneth the seid hauyng and vsing of ymagis in the chirche. a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 417 Do besily what þou maiste while þou art here in hele & hast the vse & fredam of þi wittis & reason well disposed. 3. Suitably ordered or set out; pleasingly or favourably appointed, arranged, or organized. Somewhat rare in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > ordered or systematically arranged > well-ordered or well-arranged well-disposeda1398 arrayedc1405 well-laid1577 methodical1650 well-digested1708 well-ordered1712 well-arranged1823 well-structured1837 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > [adjective] > arranged > well well-ranged1523 well-disposed1725 square1825 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. ii. 170 Heer wel desposid [L. bene dispositi] growinge on þe heed kepeþ and hiȝtiþ and defendiþ þe heed. c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 214 (MED) A wonder þing it were..In a so well disposed lordes house, If vesselles þat ben riche and preciouse Schulde so despysed..be. ?1525 Saynt Nycholas of Tollentyne sig. A.ii Saynt Nycholas of tollentyne, was borne in a countree called Pycen in a well dysposed Cyte called Fyrmane. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 79 The rest of her yellowe haire, descended downe ouer her fayre necke, well disposed shoulders, and straight backe. 1654 S. Hartlib True & Readie Way to learn Latine Tongue 22 Children..are to be brought into a place where all things.., to be expressed in Latine words, may be shewed to them in a well-disposed order. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Vine To plant an Acre of such Ground with Vines, in some well-disposed place on the declivity of an Hill. 1749 W. Melmoth Lett. by Sir Thomas Fitzosborne II. lxi. 116 The grace and harmony of well-disposed lights and shades. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. ix. 181 My mother's room is very commodious, is it not? Large and cheerful-looking, and the dressing closets so well disposed ! View more context for this quotation 1948 Vogue 15 Apr. 96 Well-disposed stripes, apricot and black, on a neat all-day suit. 1983 Winterthur Portfolio 18 25/2 The author explained the use and placement of these [paintings, books, etc.] in the well-disposed house. 4. Of the weather: favourable; clement. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective] fairOE merry1214 clearc1384 well-disposed1477 fine1595 blue-sky1852 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 72 The fayr sonne shone clere..and the weder was softe and well dysposed. 1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 3^v An extraordinary noise..which to the first apprehension, they imagined to be a peale of Thunder..: But more considerately beholding the marble cleernes of the well disposed skye..they found the error of that conceit. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion ix. 2 The next Morning as soon as possibly he could he would proceed in his Journy; because the Time was not to be he lost, since the weather was fair, and well-disposed. 1890 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Champion 29 Mar. 3/2 It was still early, but there was no dewy freshness or breezy coolness, nothing bright and invigorating, such as a well disposed morning is expected to bring. 1921 W. J. McKenzie Visit to S. Amer. i. 4 Fortunately the weather was well-disposed. B. n. With plural agreement. With the: favourably disposed people as a class. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > graciousness > person > collectively henda1350 well-disposed?1526 ?1526 G. Hervet tr. Erasmus De Immensa Dei Misericordia sig. M^v He..suffreth so riche hauiour of this worlde to be commune to the weldisposed and wicked. 1660 R. South Eccl. Policy 8 in Interest Deposed The Unprepossessed on the one hand, and the Well disposed on the other. 1739 D. Waterland Guide to Communicants xiv. 108 The supine and careless, the ignorant, but well-disposed..are to be treated in a tender and engaging Manner. 1753 R. Arnald Crit. Comm. Apocrypha xvi. 116/1 In wicked ones, it produces no Change for the better..but upon the well-disposed it has most excellent effects. 1817 L. Hunt in W. Hazlitt Round Table I. 222 My office is two-fold, to give advice to the well-disposed, and to inflict punishment on the ill. 1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) xv. 235 The indolence and timidity of the well-disposed enabled the enemies of the people to prevail. 1982 V. M. Del Buono Criminal Procedure in Canada 389 Anyone who wanted to pack a jury..began by getting the sheriff to see that only the well-disposed got on the panel. 2002 J. Johnson Who needs Classical Music? v. 91 Even the well-disposed can find this atmosphere rather stifling. Derivatives well-diˈsposedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > goodwill or kind intention goodwilleOE favoura1340 well-willinga1382 well-meaninga1393 good nature?c1450 voillancea1500 well-disposedness1606 bon-accordc1650 well-meaningness1663 well-naturedness1679 well-intentionedness1799 1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth x. 75 By a well-disposednesse of minde, we may correct the iniquitie of all hard euents. 1701 J. Hayward Hell's Everlasting Flames Avoided (ed. 16) 79 O let thy tender Mercy always keep me in this good and well disposedness of mind, that I may never break the least of thy Commandments. 1853 F. W. Robertson Let. 5 Jan. in S. A. Brooke Life & Lett. F. W. Robertson (1865) II. iii. 191 The ‘good-will of the audience’, that is, a personal feeling of well-disposedness towards the speaker who is to convince or teach them. 1984 D. Adams So Long, & Thanks for all Fish xxiv. 126 A lemur..was a tricky kind of thing to think nice thoughts about without simply resorting to an icky sort of general well-disposedness towards things. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.a1393
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