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well-weighed, ppl. a.
1. Carefully estimated; duly pondered or considered.
1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 70 Liuely to expresse diuers passions, by the low and lofty sounde of the well⁓weyed silable. a1644Quarles Sol. Recant. vii. 34 The well-weigh'd works of the Almighties hand. 1649Milton Eikon. xxviii. 236 A deliberate and well-waighed Covnant. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. iii. xviii. (1716) 106 The well weighed thoughts of their Hearts. 1697Dryden æneis Ded. (e) 4 A well-weigh'd Judicious Poem. a1704Locke Cond. Underst. §26 Well-weighed Reasons are to determine the Judgment. 1732Pope Ep. Bathurst 229 To Worth or Want, well-weigh'd, be Bounty given. 1754Miss Boothby in Life Johnson (1805) 76 Not without deliberation and well-weighed choice. 1829Southey All for Love iv. ix, Nor ever might light motive him From well-weigh'd purpose bend. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiii. III. 278 The well weighed and prudent letter of William was read. 1883R. B. Smith Ld. Lawrence II. 556 In this document he had set forth, in well-weighed language, alike his methods and his motives.
†2. Of persons: Displaying deliberate purpose and balanced judgement. Obs.
1701Collier M. Anton. (1726) 135 He was a person modest, prudent, and well-weigh'd. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. xlii. 428 This Bullinger was a right prudent, peaceable, well-weighed, and learned Man. |