Middle English Dictionary Entry
fixāciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fixāciǒun n. |
| Etymology | ML fīxātiōn-em. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Alch. Reduction, by various processes, of a volatile substance to a state not affected by fire or other agents of change; also fig.
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2520 : And forth with calcinacion Of veray approbacion Do that ther be fixacion With tempred hetes of the fyr.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2574 : It [Philosophers' stone] makth multiplicacioun Of gold, and the fixacioun It causeth.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)7/14 : And þus ȝe haue oure heuene and þe sunne in him fixid, to þe conseruacioun of mannys nature and fixacioun of oure heuene.
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)22a : Without hime generation shalbe none, nether of our tynctures fixacion.