pa. pple. & ppl. a. [f. CALCULATE v.1 + -ED1.]
1. Reckoned, estimated, devised with forethought.
1863. Geo. Eliot, Romola, III. xxvi. (1880), II. 266. When he did speak it was with a calculated caution.
2. Fitted, suited, fit, apt; of a nature or character proper or likely to.
1722. De Foe, Col. Jack (1840), 286. The state of life that I was now in was … perfectly calculated to make a man completely happy.
1793. W. Roberts, Looker-on (1794), No. 52. II. 273. These interlopers … acted in a manner that was calculated to bring scandal upon the profession.
1795. Southey, Life (1849), I. 256. Never had man so many relations so little calculated to inspire confidence.
1864. Mansel, Lett., etc. (1873), 298. These transparent disguises were not calculated, and, probably, were not intended, to deceive.
1868. Gladstone, Juv. Mundi, i. (1870), 3. A circumstance calculated to excite strong suspicion.
1879. in Cassell’s Techn. Educ., IV. 76/2. Ireland is … well calculated for the successful prosecution of ostreoculture.
