Middle English Dictionary Entry
elemented ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | elemented ppl. |
| Etymology | From element ; cp. OF elementé. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Composed of, or derived from, any (or all) of 'the four elements.'
Associated quotations
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)2/1 : Philosophoris clepen þe purest substaunce of manye corruptible þingis elementid 'quinta essencia.'
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)33a : All partes transmuted must figured be in the element transmutinge impressed by degree. So that the iiid thinge elemented of them all, of suche condicions evermore be shall.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)82/173 : This course of nature of these bodyes chaunging stinten at a certain terme..and of hem al governementes in this elemented worlde proceden.