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well(-)seen, ppl. a.
†1. Well provided or furnished. Const. of. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 1011 O selenes es it [Paradise] wel sene. c1450[see seen 1 c].
2. Skilled, versed, proficient in (some subject or affair). Now arch.
1528[see seen 2]. c1545J. Heywood Four P. (W. Copland) B j, Syr, ye seme wel sene in womens causes. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 80 Matthiolus a man otherwyse well sene in symples. 1639Fuller Holy War ii. xiv. 63 He was..excellently well seen in all martiall affairs. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. 13 A man well seen in Natural Causes and Effects. 1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 1107 Well-seen in a business, callentissimus. 1759,1886[see seen 2].
†3. Plainly visible, evident. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 66 Now be we caytyues, as it is wel seene. 1535Coverdale Ps. lxvii[i]. 24 It is well sene (o God) how thou goest. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1922) 20 Her perfections then should have beene as well seene as Pamelas. 1725Ramsay Gent. Sheph. i. i, Daftly wad ye hide Your well-seen love and dorty Jenny's pride. |