单词 | well-policied |
释义 | † well-policiedadj. Obsolete. Of a state, government, etc.: politically or socially well-organized; properly regulated or governed. Cf. well-policed adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > [adjective] > having > having good well-policied1598 well-policed1635 1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques iv. iv. 194 In well pollicied Citties [Fr. uilles bien policees], there are many feeble of body, and vnfit for other vses, deputed to this purpose. 1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 4 Well policied Government [It. proportionata maniera de gouerno]. 1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 19 This, I conceive, were the worst of Taxes in a well policyed State. 1768 E. Wynne Eunomus III. 92 The Laws of this Country, as well as those of all well-policied States, have secured a Landed Qualification as a necessary Requisite for the admission into National Councils. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 25 In every well-policied kingdom, the inhabitant who consults the good of his own parish..contributes a share towards the good of the kingdom. 1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 99 In all well-policied cities the inhabitants are compelled to get rid of their own dirt in such a way that it shall be no nuisance. 1846 Illustr. London News 18 July 38/2 When anything like a well-policied state borders another torn and convulsed by factions, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1598 |
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