Middle English Dictionary Entry

dēterminen v.
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Entry Info

Forms dēterminen v. Also (late) determe.
Etymology L & OF

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
To predestine or predetermine (sth.), fix in advance.
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2.
(a) To decide upon (sth.); resolve (to do sth.); (b) ppl. determining, ?judicious.
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3.
Law (a) To render judgment; (b) to judge or adjudicate (a case); decide (a matter); (c) to render (a decision) ; (d) to specify by statute.
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4.
(a) To ascertain or interpret (sth.); (b) to define (sth.), characterize, describe; (c) ~ of, to treat or discuss (a subject).
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5.
(a) To assert or declare (sth.); express an opinion; ~ ayens, rule against (sth.); (b) to affirm or endorse (sth.).
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6.
(a) To state (sth.); also, foretell; (b) to narrate or tell (sth.).
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7.
(a) To terminate, end, or conclude (sth.); ~ dout, end or remove (a fear); (b) to come to an end, cease to exist; end (in a certain manner); ~ to, end or result in (sth.).
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8.
Misc. uses: (a) to delimit (sth.); ppl. determined, bounded, limited; (b) ~ purpos, to achieve a purpose; (c) ~ doun, to point (sth.) downward; (d) ppl. determining, undergoing a crisis.
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Supplemental Materials (draft)

Note: Correction: sense 7.(b) "to come to an end, cease to exist; end (in a certain manner)" are all *intransitive* glosses, but quots. (1423), ?c1425 (both), and (1455) are passive (and thus, transitive). These quots. need to be put either into sense (a) which is transitive, or add a passive gloss to sense (b). Also, why was the intransitive sense placed after the transitive one. If the split is to be transitive-intransitive, the intransitive should become sense (a). The Chauliac(2) sense is med.: "to put an end to (a morbid condition)."--per MJW

Supplemental Materials (draft)

  • c1475(c1450) ?Scrope Mirror World (Bod 283) 9834 : Repentance of herte..confession of mouthe, and..sufficiant satisfaccion in the worlde: be dede of these iii thynges is the haubergion of penaunce determined.
Note: Ed.: "determined: '[produced,] made perfectly' ([F] enterine)."
Note: New sense.

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