Middle English Dictionary Entry

excēdent ppl.
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Forms excēdent ppl.
Etymology L

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
Surpassing.
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Supplemental Materials (draft)

  • ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)168a/a : For þo medicines þat regender fleische moste ben drye in þe firste degre and litel drynesse sufficeþ so þat it be not excedent þat it owe turne þe blood in to fleische þe whiche fleische is blood coaguled and sumdel endured.
    • Note: Supplementary material.
    Note: Gloss: Of the physiological quality of dryness: excessive, superabundant.
    Note: Revise etymology: [From L excēdentem p.ppl. of excēdere v.]--notes per MLL

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