Middle English Dictionary Entry
dissenten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dissenten v. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To express disagreement, dissent; withhold consent.
Associated quotations
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.5053 : Non..That fro this purpos onys list dissente.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)428 : Noon heþen man..schal haue power forto dissente from hem, or forto not consente to þe entent of hem.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)218/33 : Vniustnes is neuer doon but whanne þe suffrer dissentiþ to þe doer..whanne euer þe suffrer consentiþ to þe doers deede, þe doer wrongiþ not þe suffrer.
- c1475 A philosophre (Hrl 372)p.44 : Dame July must nedes haf hir wille; If I dissente, and if I make affray, I have the wers.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450(1438) GLeg.Eliz.Hungary (GiL161) (Eg 876) 849/248 : Though my vncle will profer me mariage, y shalle discent with my sowle and ayensaie hym with my worde.
Note: Editor: "y shalle discent: ie descordera P1, dissentiam LgA. GiL follows LgA closely, using a rare word to do so; MED dissenten, for which the EH1 spelling with c is not recorded."
Note: New spelling (with a c).