Middle English Dictionary Entry
interpolāte adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | interpolāte adj. |
| Etymology | ML interpolātus, ppl. of interpolāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Not continuous, intermittent: (a) of occurrences in general: happening on separate occasions; (b) specif. med. of fever or other symptoms of disease: occurring between intervals of relief, fitful.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)1.196 (v.1:p.8) : Fyften tookenys..thei wenyn..shul come bifore the doome, but whethir daily or contynuelly or by interpolat and sundry tymes thei determyne not.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)132b/a : If þe fantasie be not continued bot som tyme interpolate..it procedeþ of the wombe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)135b/a : Also it is demed þat accidentale defenez not olde which so euer is interpolate [*Ch.(2): is styntede; L interpolatur] & haþ alleuiacioun may be cured.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)93/22 : If oile of violettz..be ȝetted in by a clistery in continuel acuez, or interpolate, it remolleþ..þe bowelez.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)283 : They merveyle gretly what it myht be, That his fevere was nat interpollat But ay contynueth hoot and in oo degre.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)25b/16 : Flewme..or it is rotid and withe in þe sperytes..Outhir it is with outyn the sperytes and þan makyth it a feuer cotidyan interpelat withe shakyng.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. interpolate.