Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēcīden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dēcīden v. Also desciden. |
| Etymology | AF & AL; cp. F (16th cent.) décider & L dēcīdere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To determine (sth.), decide (a question, dispute, legal case).
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.52 : Lo, thus danz Aristotiles These thre sciences hath divided And the nature also decided, Wherof that ech of hem schal serve.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1536 : Logique hath eke in his degre..So that nothing schal go beside, That he the riht ne schal decide.
- c1400 Wycl.Blasph.(Bod 647)429 : No mon schulde gif þo freris gode, bifore þis cause were descided bytwene wyse men.
- (1424) Proc.Privy C.3.151 : Yf any matere be now or have bee not yit decided or schal be hereafter bitwyx lord & lord, by þe sturyng of which matere þe good reste and pees of þis land myght in any wyse be letted or troubled.
- (1449) RParl.5.148a : Which maters and declarations..the Kyng..committed to certeyn Lordes of the same Parlement for to examyn and decide.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.84/3 : In this maner in owr presence, by transaction, to be decidid: that þe church of Eynesham þe forsaide tithis shall holde for Euer.