well-instructedadj.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. J.ij Magellanus sent w^t them vii. men well instructed.

1560 Bible (Geneva) Ecclus. xxvi. 14 There is nothing so muche worthe as a woman wel instructed.

1645 Mercurius Academicus No. 3. 23 The great disadvantage, which Overtures of this kind have, by the want of being accompanied by well instructed Messengers.

1683 B. Calamy Disc. about Scrupulous Conscience 4 The account of such things, as I verily believe a well instructed Conscience need not be concerned or disturbed about.

1700 C. Mutel tr. J. F. Ostervald Treat. Present Corruption Christians i. 24 The very shadow of Evil frights a well-instructed Christian.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 257 But let the wise and well-instructed hand, Once take the shell beneath his just command.

1835 Court Mag. 6 224/2 A well-instructed appreciation of his public claims.

1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 224 Deadly sins could hardly be committed in ignorance by any one of well-instructed conscience.

1876 R. Routledge Discov. & Inventions 19th Cent. 303 The well-instructed juvenile of the future..will probably only have to direct his sidereal spectroscope to the object of his admiration in order to obtain exact information as to what the star is, chemically and physically.

1913 H. R. Haggard Rural Denmark & its Lessons (new ed.) 18 Learning and learning alone is the aim and the prize, with the result that the Danes are an extremely well-instructed people.

1942 Boys' Life Dec. 20/4 The well-instructed and intelligent outdoor Scout man knows how to choose the right food, pack it, cook it.

2011 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 8 May d8 All seasoned and well-instructed new hunters know not to move to a call.

1628 Bp. J. Hall Olde Relig. xii. i. 119 A commendation of the well-instructednesse of those people.

1908 Musical Times 49 316/2 He writes for ‘general readers’ and not primarily for ‘well-instructed musicians’; but even the latter may peruse his pages without hurting their well-instructedness.