[f. LOOK v. + -ED1.] In senses of the vb., with advs., as after, for, up.

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1548.  Elyot, Dict., Expectatus, desyred, taried, & looked for.

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1565.  Cooper, Thesaurus, s.v. Expectatus, The long loked day was come.

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1606.  etc. [see long-looked-for, LONG adv. 9 a].

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1823.  Cobbett, Rur. Rides (1885), I. 369. His anxiously looked-for event.

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1885.  H. O. Forbes, Nat. Wand. E. Archip., 168. The Balai, always the best looked-after building in a village.

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1895.  Westm. Gaz., 7 Sept., 2/1. He … was one of the most looked-up-to gentlemen about. Ibid. (1900), 10 Aug., 2/3. A welcome beggar, a looked-for guest.

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