Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mastered"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Master \Mas"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mastered}; p. pr. vb. n.
{Mastering}.]
1. To become the master of; to subject to one's will,
control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to
subdue.
Obstinacy and willful neglects must be mastered,
even though it cost blows. --Locke.
2. To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to
become an adept in; as, to master a science.
3. To own; to posses. [Obs.]
The wealth That the world masters. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mastered
adj : understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" [syn:
{down}, {down pat(p)}]
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