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addressed, ppl. a.|əˈdrɛst|
Also addrest.
[f. address v. + -ed.]
†1. Erected, raised. Obs.
1595Spenser Colin Clout 563 She..like a goodly beacon high addrest.
†2. Well-ordered, accomplished. Obs.
1475Caxton Jason 12 Jason the most adressid knight that euer was in mirmidone. 1596Spenser F.Q. i. xi. 11 Full jolly knight he seemde, and wel addrest. 1597Daniel Civile Wares (1717) II. 13 Never this Island better peopl'd stood, Never more Men of Might, and Minds address'd.
†3. Made ready, prepared, ‘dressed,’ as food. Obs.
1387Trevisa Higden (1527) i. xlii. 42 b In Brytayne ben hote welles wel arayed and adressed to the use of mankynd. 1567J. Maplet Greene Forest 84 The Ele being killed & addressed in wine whosoeuer chaunceth to drinke of that wine so vsed, shall euer after lothe wine. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iv. iv. 5 Our Nauie is addressed, our power collected. 1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts 394 They were accordingly addressed for their execution upon the third part of the inhabitants.
4. Arrayed, attired, trimmed, dressed. arch.
1393Gower Conf. I. 134 The better addressed and arraied. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. (1495) xii. iii. 411 A goshawke is adressyd wyth dyuersyte of pennes and fetheres. 1513Douglas æneis x. xiii. 178 His ȝallow lokkis brycht, That ayre was kemmyt and addressit rycht. 1597Daniel Civile Wares vi. xxviii. When faire Europa sate With many goodly Diadems addrest. 1820Shelley Sens. Plant. 29 The rose like a nymph to the bath addrest, Which unveiled the depth of her glowing breast.
5. Directed, dispatched, aimed.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas i. ii. (1641) 14/2 Anon, from North to South, from East to West, With ceasless wings, they drive a ship addrest. 1793Smeaton Edystone Lightho. §15 The large copper plate print addressed to Prince George of Denmark. 1810Southey Kehama x. 21 Wks. VIII. 84 The shaft, unerringly addrest, Unerring flew, and smote Ereenia's breast.
6. Directed as a letter, superscribed with the name of the person for whom it is intended.
Mod. The letter has been posted insufficiently addressed. An addressed envelope was found in his pocket. |