ppl. a.; also addrest. [f. ADDRESS v. + -ED.]
† 1. Erected, raised. Obs.
1595. Spenser, Colin Clout, 563. She … like a goodly beacon high addrest.
† 2. Well-ordered, accomplished. Obs.
1475. Caxton, Jason, 12. Jason the most adressid knight that euer was in mirmidone.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., I. xi. II. Full jolly knight he seemde, and wel addrest.
1597. Daniel, Civile Wares (1717), II. 13. Never this Island better peopl’d stood, Never more Men of Might, and Minds address’d.
† 3. Made ready, prepared, ‘dressed,’ as food. Obs.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (1527), I. xlii. 42 b. In Brytayne ben hote welles wel arayed and adressed to the use of mankynd.
1567. Maplet, Greene Forest, 84. The Ele being killed & addressed in wine whosoeuer chaunceth to drinke of that wine so vsed, shall euer after lothe wine.
1597. Shaks., 2 Hen. IV., IV. iv. 5. Our Nauie is addressed, our power collected.
1633. Bp. Hall, Hard Texts, 394. They were accordingly addressed for their execution upon the third part of the inhabitants.
4. Arrayed, attired, trimmed, dressed. arch.
1393. Gower, Conf., I. 134. The better addressed and arraied.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R. (1495), XII. iii. 411. A goshawke is adressyd wyth dyuersyte of pennes and fetheres.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, X. xiii. 178. His ȝallow lokkis brycht, That ayre was kemmyt and addressit rycht.
1597. Daniel, Civile Wares, VI. xxviii. When faire Europa sate With many goodly Diadems addrest.
1820. Shelley, Sens. Plant., 29. The rose like a nymph to the bath addrest, Which unveiled the depth of her glowing breast.
5. Directed, dispatched, aimed.
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas, I. ii. (1641), 14/2. Anon, from North to South, from East to West, With ceasless wings, they drive a ship addrest.
1793. Smeaton, Edystone Lightho., § 15. The large copper plate print addressed to Prince George of Denmark.
1810. Southey, Kehama, x. 21, Wks. VIII. 84. The shaft, unerringly addrest, Unerring flew, and smote Ereenia’s breast.
6. Directed as a letter, superscribed with the name of the person for whom it is intended.
Mod. The letter has been posted insufficiently addressed. An addressed envelope was found in his pocket.
