Middle English Dictionary Entry
crēāten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | crēāten v. P. crēāt(e; ppl. crēāt(ed. |
| Etymology | From crēāt ppl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To create (sth.); (b) to appoint (an officer), ordain (a priest); raise (sb. to a rank or title).
Associated quotations
a
- c1415 Chaucer CT.Mel.(Lnsd 851)B.2293 : Owre lorde hadde created Adam.
- a1425 Cloud (Roy 17.C.26)18/19 : Createde [Hrl 674: To alle create knowable miȝt].
- c1425 Chaucer CT.Pars.(Petw 7)I.218 : God haþ created al þing in riȝt ordre.
- 1534(?a1500) Cov.Pl.W.(CovCorp(1))179 : Owre hy Gode eternall..Create the hy heyvins.
b
- ?1457 Hardyng Chron.A (Lnsd 204:Hammond)235/50 : His brother Vmfray next hym he dyd create The duke so than of Gloucestre by style.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Ctn.(Hrl 2261)492 : Theire prestes create oþer prestes after the consuetude of the gentyles.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)297 : Hir sonne and heire, Edwarde Carnauan hete..Whom his father then prince of Wales create.
- a1600(1472) Rec.Bluemantle (Jul C.6)384 : The King creat a King of Armes, baptysed hym, and set a croune on his hed.