advised, ppl. a.
(ædˈvaɪzd)
For forms see advise.
[f. advise + -ed. In its adjective use, an Eng. trans. of avisé (see advisy).]
† 1. pple. Of persons: Having considered or pondered. to be advised: to consider, reflect, to act after consideration. Const. of. Obs.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce i. 620 Ic ask ȝou respyt for to se This lettir, and tharwith awysit be. c 1500 Maid & Magpie in Halliwell Nugæ Poet. 43 Ye wylle wedde me now, as I trowe. I wylle be advysed, Gylle, sayd he. 1598 Shakes. Merry W. i. iii. 106 Are you a-uis'd o' that? 1602 Dekker Satirom. 265 Are you advized what you doe when you hisse? 1633 Hanmer Chron. Irel. 49 Merlin came, and being advised, said as followeth. |
† 2. Hence adj. (in sense of the older avisé, advisee) Deliberate, cautious, wary, judicious. Obs.
| 1475 Caxton Jason 91 b, Thenke ye what ye haue to do and be ye aduised. 1579 Tomson Calvin's Serm. on Tim. 893/2 Man is head of the woman, hee ought to be more aduised & wise. 1611 Cotgr., Il a du plomb en teste, He hath a sad, aduised, or discreet pate of his own. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 246 In all actions a Prince ought to be slow and advised. |
† 3. esp. with well or ill; both pple. as in 1, and adj. as in 2. Obs.
| a 1375 Wyclif Wks. 1880, 375 Þu..art wo þat euer crist was so yuel avised to say..þes wordis. c 1386 Chaucer Miller's T. 398 Be well avised on that ilke night..That non of us ne speke not o word. c 1450 Merlin 45 Be well a-vised that ye knowe it is he. 1580 North Plutarch (1676) 43 To another he put forth a question, who was to be well advised of his answer. 1611 Bible Prov. xiii. 10 But with the well aduised is wisedome. |
4. Of things: Considered, deliberate, intentional; hence well considered, judicious. (Fuller contrasts these senses.) ill-advised: injudicious.
| c 1440 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 19 Kepe vs Lorde..fra sodayne and avysede dede. 1563 Homilies ii. xv. (1640) 199 Ought we not then by the monition of the Wise-man..to take advised heed? 1642 Fuller Holy & Prof. State ii. xix. 127 The more advised the deed is, the lesse advised it is. 1665 J. Spencer Prodigies 17 His cool and advised thoughts. 1829 I. Taylor Enthus. §10, 262 The atheistical conspiracy made its long-concerted, and well-advised and consentaneous and furious attack. 1876 Freeman Norm. Conq. I. App. 722 His statement has more the air of a deliberately advised statement. Mod. His conduct throughout has been very ill-advised. |
† 5. Of persons: Purposed, determined. Cf. advise 4. Obs.
| c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. B. 1365 Such a mangerie to make þe man watȝ auised. 1393 Gower Conf. II. 10 But she is otherwise avised Than graunte such a time assised. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 263/3, I..am auysed neuer to leue the. |
6. Counselled. See advise v. 9 a, and d.
| 1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iv. iii. 5 Good Cousin be aduis'd, stirre not tonight. 1871 Ruskin Fors Clav. ix. 11 The better minded ones really take the advised measures. |
7. Informed, apprised, warned.
| 1599 Shakes. Hen. V, ii. Cho. 12 The French aduis'd by good intelligence Of this most dreadful preparation, Shake in their feare. 1860 Motley Netherl. (1868) II. xvii. 296 He was thoroughly advised of the disputes between the Earl of Leicester and the States. |