Middle English Dictionary Entry
incarnen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | incarnen v. Also encarnen. |
| Etymology | L incarnāre |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Surg. (a) To promote the growth of new tissue in a wound or sore; cover (an injured bodily part or festered sore) with new tissue, heal; (b) to close (the lips of a wound or sore).
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)122/16 : Incarne it [the wound], þat is to seie, brynge ouer fleisch, & aftirward consowde.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)24a/b : Þe 3a. intencioun is done in þam by consequens..for to opne & mundifie & incarne & consold.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)26a/a : Be it mundified & incarned [*Ch.(2): flesche it] & consolded.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)64a/a : In þe thiez þat is aboueforþ in doyng is for to incarne most sone þe wonde bifore þe snare deflue, i. falle away, fro þe vesselle.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)66a/b : It shal not bihoue for to induce flesh aboue, i. for to incarne, vtterly vnto þat many daiez passe.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)127b/b : Encarne þe olde wounde and soude it.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)132b/a : Aftir foure or fyue daies incarne þe wounde in as moche as it is possibel.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)44/95 : Enpleyster capitall of mayster anselme of jene..drawith whiter & reysith vp bones & encarneth & helith.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)172a/b : In Cure of woundez & of vlcerez First is for to incarne aggregate or geder togider & consolde..now present lippes disioyned.