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trained

/tɹeɪnd/ adjective B1
  1. Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination). · fully trained troops
  2. Manipulated in shape or habit. · trained fruit trees
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There was not a blade of grass to be seen in the paths, or a weed in the flower-beds; no fine lady ever trained and watered her geraniums, her cacti, and her rhododendrons, in her porcelain jardinière with more pains than this hitherto unseen gardener bestowed upon his little enclosure.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 643 · C1
A PRINCE had some Monkeys trained to dance.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 52 · B2
“When I grew up I became a ventriloquist, and at that I was very well trained by a great master.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 108 · B2
“We are forbidden to give you any explanation.” Dantès, trained in discipline, knew that nothing would be more absurd than to question subordinates, who were forbidden to reply; and so he remained silent.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 72 · C1

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