单词 | well-instituted |
释义 | well-institutedadj. Wisely or effectively ordered, established, or set up. ΚΠ 1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua Def. of Peace xv. f. 34v For it is mete in a cyuyle communytie well instytuted [L. Est enim haec norma seu lex politiarum bene institutarum], to appoynte or assygne such men to the offyces of the commune weale, whiche haue the operatiue or practyue habytes mete and conuenyent to the sayd offyces. 1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie i. f. 1v Therefore I iudge, that the lyfe of a Ciuill and well instituted common weale is to be thought far more safer, then of euerye Prince, for that is a continuall and almoste an immortall state of lyfe. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 15 No Nation, or well instituted State, if they valu'd books at all, did ever use this way of licencing. 1690 W. Temple Miscellanea II. iii. 147 Those who had been the first Authors of any good, and well instituted Civil Government in any Country. 1729 J. Ogilvie tr. P. Giannone Civil Hist. Kingdom Naples I. i. 3 In all well instituted Academies they are publickly taught for that end. 1788 W. Suttor Dialogue between Nobleman & Farmer 120 As there will always of necessity be some corruptions, so, in a well instituted state, the executive power will be always contending against them. 1839 Amer. Q. Reg. Nov. 165 He went his daily course of duty..with an undeviating fidelity to a well instituted system somewhat peculiar to himself. 1843 Provinc. Med. Jrnl. 7 191/2 A well-instituted association of the more affluent and intelligent of his flock. 1922 Bull. Photogr. 22 Mar. 370/2 A well-instituted studio is not something which works automatically, but something which yields readily to the response of intelligence. 2007 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 26 Oct. 31 Our events and our conventions..have been the result of a very well-thought out and well-instituted strategy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1535 |
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