Middle English Dictionary Entry
ēducciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ēducciǒun n. |
| Etymology | L ēductiōn-em. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Deliverance (from prison); (b) med. the drawing out of 'humors' from the body.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.239 : The educcion [L eductio] of Seynte Petyr from prison was abowte the feste of Ester.
b
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)34b : The curacioun conteyneþ fyue þinges..þe fourþe [standeþ] in educcioun .i. ledynge forth [*Ch.(1): in bringing out; L eductione] by þe vryne.