Conditioned
[kən'dɪʃənd]
Definition
(adj.) physically fit; 'exercised daily to keep herself in condition' .
(adj.) established by conditioning or learning; 'a conditioned response' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Condition
(a.) Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man.
(a.) Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not absolute.
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Examples
- He's a ill-conditioned, wicious, bad-disposed porochial child that,' said Mr. Bumble angrily. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- An exceedingly ill-conditioned, levelling person. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We are not to be put in bodily fear, and that ill-conditioned fellow shall be held to bail again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I was afterwards convinced (and so was Ada) that from the ill-conditioned eldest child, these words extorted a sharp yell. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Your doctrine, in short, depends on your purpose: a theory by itself is neither moral nor immoral, its value is conditioned by the purpose it serves. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He only conditioned that the marriage should not take place before his return, which he was again looking eagerly forward to. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- In the second place, he opposed the prevalent feeling, because with many capacities of being otherwise, he was an ill-conditioned man. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Some ill-conditioned growling fellow may say to me, 'What's the use of these legal and equitable abuses? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He is a broad-faced, bull-necked, young butcher, with rough red cheeks, an ill-conditioned mind, and an injurious tongue. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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