well-conˈceived, ppl. a.
| 1836 J. S. Mill in London Rev. II. 368 A well-conceived and well-executed work of fiction. 1862 ― Pol. Econ. (ed. 5) II. v. ii. 395 Mr. Hubbard..whose well-conceived plan wants little of being..an approximation to a just settlement. 1919 W. S. Churchill Let. 20 Jan. in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1977) IV. Compan. i. 472 Executive Heads of well-conceived Branches. 1979 Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts Apr. 259/2 The latter Council has gradually built up a series of well-sited, well-conceived and well-run centres. |