Middle English Dictionary Entry
iminent adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | iminent adj. |
| Etymology | L imminens ppl. of imminēre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Impending, menacing, imminent.
Associated quotations
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)739 : Thys [is] disposed..alle onely for parelle that I see Thus ymynent as lykely for to be.
- (1466) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1325 : Hit is ordeynet..that the frer Austeynes be compelled to stopp the hygh way..for perayles that ben imynent of horsemen.