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Found 2 hits - Term: well to do, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
well \well\, adv. compar. and superl. wanting, the deficiency
   being supplied by better and best, from another root. oe.
   wel, as. wel; akin to os., ofries.,  d. wel, g. wohl, ohg.
   wola, wela, icel.  dan. vel, sw. vauml, goth. wa'ila;
   originally meaning, according to one's will or wish. see
   will, v. t., and cf. wealth.
   1913 webster
   1. in a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or
      wickedly.
      1913 webster

            if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.
                                                  --gen. iv. 7.
      1913 webster

   2. suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a
      proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully;
      adequately; thoroughly.
      1913 webster

            lot . . . beheld all the plain of jordan, that it
            was well watered everywhere.          --gen. xiii.
                                                  10.
      1913 webster

            we are wellable to overcome it.       --num. xiii.
                                                  30.
      1913 webster

            she looketh well to the ways of her household.
                                                  --prov. xxxi.
                                                  27.
      1913 webster

            servant of god, well done well hast thou fought
            the better fight.                     --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. fully or about; -- used with numbers. obs. "well a ten
      or twelve." --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            well nine and twenty in a company.    --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   4. in such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish;
      satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.
      "it boded well to you." --dryden.
      1913 webster

            know
            in measure what the mind may well contain. --milton.
      1913 webster

            all the world speaks well of you.     --pope.
      1913 webster

   5. considerably; not a little; far.
      1913 webster

            abraham and sarah were old and well stricken in age.
                                                  --gen. xviii.
                                                  11.
      1913 webster

   note: well is sometimes used elliptically for it is well, as
         an expression of satisfaction with what has been said
         or done, and sometimes it expresses concession, or is
         merely expletive; as, well, the work is done; well, let
         us go; well, well, be it so.
         1913 webster

   note: well, like above, ill, and so, is used before many
         participial adjectives in its usual adverbial senses,
         and subject to the same custom with regard to the use
         of the hyphen see the note under ill, adv.; as, a
         well-affected supporter; he was well affected toward
         the project; a well-trained speaker; he was well
         trained in speaking; well-educated, or well educated;
         well-dressed, or well dressed; well-appearing;
         well-behaved; well-controlled; well-designed;
         well-directed; well-formed; well-meant; well-minded;
         well-ordered; well-performed; well-pleased;
         well-pleasing; well-seasoned; well-steered;
         well-tasted; well-told, etc. such compound epithets
         usually have an obvious meaning, and since they may be
         formed at will, only a few of this class are given in
         the vocabulary.
         1913 webster

   as well. see under as.

   as well as, and also; together with; not less than; one as
      much as the other; as, a sickness long, as well as severe;
      london is the largest city in england, as well as the
      capital.

   well enough, well or good in a moderate degree; so as to
      give satisfaction, or so as to require no alteration.

   well off, in good condition; especially, in good condition
      as to property or any advantages; thriving; prosperous.

   well to do, well off; prosperous; -- used also adjectively.
      "the class well to do in the world." --j. h. newman.

   well to live, in easy circumstances; well off; well to do.
      --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
will wealth ill as well as as well as 
well enough well off well to do well to live 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
do \do\, v. i.
   1. to act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.
      1913 webster

            they fear not the lord, neither do they after . . .
            the law and commandment.              -- 2 kings
                                                  xvii. 34.
      1913 webster

   2. to fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how
      he did; how do you do to-day?
      1913 webster

   3. perh. a different word. oe. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of
      use, as. dugan. see doughty. to succeed; to avail; to
      answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be
      found, he will make this do.
      1913 webster

            you would do well to prefer a bill against all kings
            and parliaments since the conquest; and if that
            won't do; challenge the crown.        -- collier.
      1913 webster

   to do by. see under by.

   to do for.
      a to answer for; to serve as; to suit.
      b to put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a
          goblet is done for when it is broken. colloq.
          1913 webster

                some folks are happy and easy in mind when their
                victim is stabbed and done for.   --thackeray.

   to do withal, to help or prevent it. obs. "i could not do
      withal." --shak.

   to do without, to get along without; to dispense with.

   to have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have
      finished; to be quit; to desist.

   to have done with, to have completed; to be through with;
      to have no further concern with.

   well to do, in easy circumstances.
      1913 webster
see also:
doughty to do by by to do for to do withal to do without 
to have done to have done with well to do 

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A reply to Louis Proyect's "A Marxist Critique of Bakunin"
...All that a well-organised society can do is, first, to assist at the ... In order to ensure that Marxists do not get exposed to alternative ( ... ..
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...... oh well i don't really brake to many rules and the one that i do they ... I'm off in a second as well... I really do need to shower. [14:33] < ... ..
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