Middle English Dictionary Entry
inputten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | inputten v. |
| Etymology | From putten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To thrust (a needle into the body); (b) to place (sth.), set, lay; put (sth.) aboard; (c) to impose (a duty or an obligation upon sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)24/4 : Putte þe snowte of þe nedle in þe hole of þe fistule, in-puttyng it strongly.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.11.13 : Ptholome entride Antioche and ynputtide [WB(2): puttide; L imposuit] two dyademes to his hed, of Egipt and Asie.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 28.3 : Poul hadde gederid sum multitude of kittingis of vynes and ynputt [vr. put; L imposuisset] on the fyer.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 28.10 : Whiche also honowriden vs in many worschipis, and to vs schippinge, ynputtiden what thingis weren necessarie.
c
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)53/120 : If any good be in gentilesse, it is only that it semeth a maner of necessite be input to gentilmen, that they shulden not varyen fro the vertues of their auncestres.