Middle English Dictionary Entry
dī̆vīsīble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | dī̆vīsīble adj. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Capable of being divided, divisible; capable of being distinguished, distinguishable.
Associated quotations
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)10a/b : Symple membres..beþ noght dyuysible in to anoþer kynde..þe grustel, þe boone, þe synowes [etc.].
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)91/3 : Sum vertuose deede is to be doon bi doom of resoun vpon a mater or an obiect as it is diuisible, as eting.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)3.1255,1257 (v.1:p.50-51) : Al thre essencially arn but oon substaunce, Indiuisibly diuisible And diuisibly indiuisible, For though the fadir as fadir diuisible be From the sonne, and the spirite yit as God is he Indiuisible from hem .. notwithstandyng personal distinccion, Bilevid must nedis substancial vnyon.