Middle English Dictionary Entry
appōsiciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | appōsiciǒun n. |
| Etymology | OF & L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Addition; (b) application; (c) gram. apposition.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)157a/b : Neuermore be made scarificacioun, bot if apposicioun i. setting to of a drie ventose go afore.
b
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)114 : A lyghte plastre for the goowte..to cese the grete akyngys, only with oone apposicione.
c
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)120 : A noun adiectyf & a relatyf schull acorde wyth the nominatyf case that goth by fore and not wyth that at comyth after jn apposicion..ciuitas London que est plena mercibus est collandanda.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)416 : Yonge childryn that gone to the scole haue in here donete this question: how many thinges fallen to apposicion?
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Peniarth Accedence(1) (Pen 356B)7/312 : Hou knos þu a preposicion? A party of spech þe wech ys vndeclynet and ys set before oȝþer partys of spechys togedyr in apposicion and composicion.
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