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Well-matched. "From these the well - pair'd mules we shall receive." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, xv. 98. well-pleased, a. Well-satisfied; fully pleased. " Well -pleas'd the Thunderer saw their earnest care." Pope: Homer's Iliad, xv. 176. *well-pleased ne , s. The quality or state of being well-pleased; satisfaction. *well-pleasing, s. & a. A. As subst .: The act of pleasing or satisfying. "The fruits of unity, next unto the well - pleasing to God, which is all in all, are towards those that are without the church; the other toward those that are within." Bacon . B. As adj .: Pleasing, gratifying. "The exercise of the offices of charity is always well pleasing to God, and honorable among men." -Atterbury. *well-plighted, adj . Well or properly folded. (Spenser.) [PLIGHT (2), v.] ered. *well-poised, a. Carefully weighed or consid "His well - poised estimate of right and wrong." Cowper: Hope, 611. *well-practised, a . Experienced. "Your well - practised , wise directions." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. II ., v.2. well-proportioned, adj . Well-shaped; well formed; having good proportions. "His well- proportion'd beard made rough and rugged." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . II ., iii. 2. *well-proved, a. Tried, tested, proved. "A well-prov'd casque, with leather braces bound." Pope : Homer's Iliad , x. 309. well-read, a. Having extensive reading; well instructed in books. *well-reeved, a. Carefully fastened by reeving. [REEVE (1), v.] "And oh! the little warlike world within! The well - reeved guns, the netted canopy." Byron: Childe Harold , ii. 18. well-refined, a . Polished in a high degree; free from any rudene or impropriety. "To every hymn that able spirit affords, In polish'd form of well - refined pen." Shakesp .: Sonnet 85. well-regulated, a. Conducted under good regulations; well-ordered. well-remembered, adj. Fully or perfectly retained in the memory. "Vain wish! if chance some well - remember'd face, Some old companion of my early race." Byron: Childish Recollections.