Well \Well\, adv. [Compar. and superl. wanting, the deficiency
   being supplied by better and best, from another root.] [OE.
   wel, AS. wel; akin to OS., OFries., & D. wel, G. wohl, OHG.
   wola, wela, Icel. & Dan. vel, Sw. v[aum]l, Goth. wa['i]la;
   originally meaning, according to one's will or wish. See
   Will, v. t., and cf. Wealth.]
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   1. In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or
      wickedly.
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            If thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.
                                                  --Gen. iv. 7.
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   2. Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a
      proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully;
      adequately; thoroughly.
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            Lot . . . beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it
            was well watered everywhere.          --Gen. xiii.
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            WE are wellable to overcome it.       --Num. xiii.
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            She looketh well to the ways of her household.
                                                  --Prov. xxxi.
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            Servant of God, well done! well hast thou fought
            The better fight.                     --Milton.
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   3. Fully or about; -- used with numbers. [Obs.] "Well a ten
      or twelve." --Chaucer.
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            Well nine and twenty in a company.    --Chaucer.
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   4. In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish;
      satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.
      "It boded well to you." --Dryden.
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            Know
            In measure what the mind may well contain. --Milton.
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            All the world speaks well of you.     --Pope.
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   5. Considerably; not a little; far.
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            Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age.
                                                  --Gen. xviii.
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   Note: Well is sometimes used elliptically for it is well, as
         an expression of satisfaction with what has been said
         or done, and sometimes it expresses concession, or is
         merely expletive; as, well, the work is done; well, let
         us go; well, well, be it so.
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   Note: Well, like above, ill, and so, is used before many
         participial adjectives in its usual adverbial senses,
         and subject to the same custom with regard to the use
         of the hyphen (see the Note under Ill, adv.); as, a
         well-affected supporter; he was well affected toward
         the project; a well-trained speaker; he was well
         trained in speaking; well-educated, or well educated;
         well-dressed, or well dressed; well-appearing;
         well-behaved; well-controlled; well-designed;
         well-directed; well-formed; well-meant; well-minded;
         well-ordered; well-performed; well-pleased;
         well-pleasing; well-seasoned; well-steered;
         well-tasted; well-told, etc. Such compound epithets
         usually have an obvious meaning, and since they may be
         formed at will, only a few of this class are given in
         the Vocabulary.
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   As well. See under As.

   As well as, and also; together with; not less than; one as
      much as the other; as, a sickness long, as well as severe;
      London is the largest city in England, as well as the
      capital.

   Well enough, well or good in a moderate degree; so as to
      give satisfaction, or so as to require no alteration.

   Well off, in good condition; especially, in good condition
      as to property or any advantages; thriving; prosperous.

   Well to do, well off; prosperous; -- used also adjectively.
      "The class well to do in the world." --J. H. Newman.

   Well to live, in easy circumstances; well off; well to do.
      --Shak.
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Do \Do\, v. i.
   1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.
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            They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . .
            the law and commandment.              -- 2 Kings
                                                  xvii. 34.
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   2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how
      he did; how do you do to-day?
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   3. [Perh. a different word. OE. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of
      use, AS. dugan. See Doughty.] To succeed; to avail; to
      answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be
      found, he will make this do.
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            You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings
            and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that
            won't do; challenge the crown.        -- Collier.
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   To do by. See under By.

   To do for.
      (a) To answer for; to serve as; to suit.
      (b) To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a
          goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.]
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                Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their
                victim is stabbed and done for.   --Thackeray.

   To do withal, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] "I could not do
      withal." --Shak.

   To do without, to get along without; to dispense with.

   To have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have
      finished; to be quit; to desist.

   To have done with, to have completed; to be through with;
      to have no further concern with.

   Well to do, in easy circumstances.
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