well-urgedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈəːdʒd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈərdʒd/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and urge v.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., urged adj. at urge v. Derivatives.

Etymology: < well adv. + urged adj. at urge v. Derivatives.

Now rare.

Strongly urged (in various senses); esp. (of an argument, etc.) compellingly or convincingly presented.

ΚΠ

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads x. 378 Till your well vrg'd and rich returne proue my relation sound.

1714 R. Steele Apology 109 The Laws..were reprinted together, with a warm Preface and a well urged Peroration.

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. lxvii Now the heart he shakes, And now with well-urg'd sense th' enlighten'd judgment takes.

1838 C. C. Hennell Inq. Concerning Origin of Christianity 364 Ignorance of this kind is so frequent..that it forms but a slight argument against a well-urged possibility.

1896 G. Saintsbury in E. Marriage tr. H. de Balzac Peasantry p. xi Is the indictment as true as it is severe and well urged?

1999 E. Neill Trial by Ordeal iii. 77 Dennis Taylor's well-urged claim that there is something specially defiant..about the whole Hardy project.

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

单词	well-urged
释义	well-urgedadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈəːdʒd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈərdʒd/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and urge v. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., urged adj. at urge v. Derivatives. Etymology: < well adv. + urged adj. at urge v. Derivatives. Now rare. Strongly urged (in various senses); esp. (of an argument, etc.) compellingly or convincingly presented. ΚΠ ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads x. 378 Till your well vrg'd and rich returne proue my relation sound. 1714 R. Steele Apology 109 The Laws..were reprinted together, with a warm Preface and a well urged Peroration. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. lxvii Now the heart he shakes, And now with well-urg'd sense th' enlighten'd judgment takes. 1838 C. C. Hennell Inq. Concerning Origin of Christianity 364 Ignorance of this kind is so frequent..that it forms but a slight argument against a well-urged possibility. 1896 G. Saintsbury in E. Marriage tr. H. de Balzac Peasantry p. xi Is the indictment as true as it is severe and well urged? 1999 E. Neill Trial by Ordeal iii. 77 Dennis Taylor's well-urged claim that there is something specially defiant..about the whole Hardy project. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?1611
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