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English
Adjective
well-seen (comparative more well-seen, superlative most well-seen)
- (obsolete, idiomatic) Having seen a lot; accomplished, experienced.
1606, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Woman-Hater”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1679, →OCLC, Act II, scene i:May it please your grace to take note of a gentleman, well seen, deeply read, and throughly grounded in the hidden knowledge of all sallads and pot-herbs whatsoever.
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