Middle English Dictionary Entry
immediāt(e adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | immediāt(e adv. |
| Etymology | From immēdiāt(e adj.; also cp. ML immediatē. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Immediately, at once; (b) with nothing intervening.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)80.3 (v.2:p.81) : The thre daies immediat biforn the ascencion of our lorde .. ar clepid Letanie Minores (and 'letanye' is as moche to seyn as .. 'a rogacion') and therfore commounly in our vulgar .. the rogacion dayes.
- a1500(a1463) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 (Add 46846)65 : We charge yow that, immediate after the receyving of these oure letters, ye comme unto oure presence.
- ?a1500 Job (Hnt HM 140)36 : Here immediat begynnyth Job his persecucion; His asses and Oxen..By robbers of Sabe were take.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)45a/a : Þe sinewes..þat passen oute fro þe first and þe þrid ventrikel of þe braine mowe haue space for to passen oute atwixe þe braine & þe braine panne, þat in her passing oute þei schal not inmediate mete with þe braine and hurte it.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)64b/a-b/b : As þe Ciphac inmediate vmbelappeþ alle þe nutritiue members, so þe mirake inmediate enuironeþ þe Ciphac.