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单词 well-wared
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well-waredadj.

Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and ware v.2 and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well adv., ware v.2, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < well adv. + ware v.2 + -ed suffix1.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Fully justified; well-deserved; well worth the effort or trouble. Also of time or money: well-spent; profitably used. Cf. ware v.2 d.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > expended > well
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c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xv. iv. f. ccxxii/1v Now thynk I the pyne sollicitude and trauel, that I sufferit for thaym ten monethis berand thaym in my wambe weill warit.
a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Tullibardine) in Poems (2000) I. 143 The kuif is weill wairit þat twa home bringis.
a1586 R. Maitland in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 30 Think weill warit the tyme thow hes done spend..Sen it is brocht now to sa gud ane end.
1637 S. Rutherford Let. 14 July in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 5 O then wel-wared pained breast and sore back..in speaking early and late to you!
1705 in J. Maidment Analecta Scotica (1837) II. 22 I should look on it as weel wared money.
a1796 R. Burns Wks. (1821) III. 184 Mony a crack and well wared tale 'Bout bald forbears, whilk ne'er does fail Baith saul and body to regale Wi' matchless power.
1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 14 The best fish i' the Tweed..Shall be thy weel war'd meed.
1862 J. Brown Health iii. 42 It is well-wared pains; it will bring you in 200 per cent. in real comfort, and profit, and credit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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