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well-ˈgoverned, ppl. a.
1. Following a good rule of life and behaviour; controlled by reason.
c1410Lantern of Light 10 Whanne þi neiȝbour is wise, wel gouerned. c1449Pecock Repr. ii. vii. 179 Deuout and weel gouerned pilgrimes. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. i. v. 70 Verona brags of him, To be a vertuous and well gouern'd youth. 1598F. Meres Pallad. Tamia 281 b, A man of vertuous disposition..and wel gouerned cariage. 1614Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. v. vi. 137 How highly God doth esteeme a well gouerned zeale. 1634Milton Comus 705 And that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. ii. vii, Yes, but..a well-governed mind can be soured sitting!
2. Of a state or society of men: Ruled by a good government.
1570Homilies ii. Disobed. & Rebellion iv. (1574) 590 In anye well gouerned common wealth, where good lawes are in force. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. xxv. (1674) 27 The rewards..which were practised in well-governed Common-wealths. 1748Anson's Voy. iii. x. 413 The whole Empire was a well-governed affectionate family. 1816Coleridge Lay Serm. i. (1852) 22 By the happy organisation of a well-governed society. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 395 If you go away from well-governed states to..Thessaly, where there is great disorder and licence. |