Middle English Dictionary Entry
amortīsen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | amortīsen v. Also amorteisen. |
| Etymology | OF amortir, -er, & ML amortissāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. enmorteisen.
1.
(a) Law To alienate (property) in mortmain; -- usu. with to phrase; (b) to hold (property) in mortmain.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.315 : Lewed men..wolde loke whom thei ȝeue..Or þei amortesed [vrr. amortiseden, mortiseden; PPl.C 18.54: amorteisede] to monkes or chanouns her rentes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5755 : To whiche prestis þe kyng ȝaf mansiouns..Þe whiche he hath to hem amortised Perpetuelly.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Possessioners (Corp-C 296)117 : Grete lordischipis amorteised to hem.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)437/1397 : That litil maner hooly to a-mortyse With the reuenus..To the cherche.
- (1444) Indent.Langton in Cmb.AC 4 (Baker 27)358 : The said wardein and his Felawes haue a licence of the King..to amortise to the said College londes and tenements.
- (1450) RParl.5.173b : Manoirs, Londs, Tenements, Rents, Services, Annuitees..purchasid or amortized..after the conquest.
- (1450) RParl.5.206a : Lawfully yeven, graunted, unyed and amorteysed for divine service and other almesfull observances.
- (1455) Lin.DDoc.73/25 : To be amorteysed for ij Prestis to singe perpetuelly for the sowles of me, my wiff.
- (1456) Paston (Gairdner)3.98 : Hit ys to gret a good that ys axed of yow..for they ax for every C marc that ye wold amortyse D marcz.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)154 : To establysh and..amortyse þe same lyuelod to is crowne, so as it mey neuer be alyened þerfro withowt þe assent off his parlement.
b
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)92 : Religiouse possessioneris distrien lordis and here comons bothe in temporal godis and spiritual; For thei amorteisen manie seculer lordshipis and moun not performe the office longinge therto.
2.
To deaden or destroy (sth.).
Associated quotations
- c1405 Chaucer CT.Pars.(Heng)I.247 : The goode werkes..ben al amortised [vr. mortefied] my synne folwynge.