ppl. a. [f. CONSIDER + -ED1.]
† 1. Of or characterized by deliberate thought.
1602. Shaks., Ham., II. ii. 81. And at our more consider’d time wee’l read, Answer, and thinke vpon this Businesse.
2. Attentively looked at, maturely reflected on, etc.: see CONSIDER 1, 2.
1627–77. Feltham, Resolves, I. xix. 35. Vice carries horrour in her considered look.
1865. J. Bright, in Daily Tel., 13 July. They will not object to what they call ‘a well-considered measure’ … which means a measure you would consider so long that you would never come to a conclusion upon it.
1889. Daily News, 15 April, 5/2. Mr. Justice Stephen delivered the considered judgment of himself and Baron Huddleston against the claim.
3. Held in consideration or regard, respected: see CONSIDER 9.
1665. Boyle, Occas. Refl., IV. (1675), 269. Their Quality or Station in the World makes it usually the most conspicuous, and the most consider’d.
1676. H. More, Remarks, 176. I dare appeal to any considered philosopher.
1826. Disraeli, Viv. Grey, IV. iv. 157. We know too well the frail tenure on which we are … great and considered personages.
4. Absolute use: see CONSIDER v. 12.
