Middle English Dictionary Entry
mediāt(e)lī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | mediāt(e)lī adv. |
| Etymology | From mediāt(e adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Indirectly; by way of (sb. or sth.), by means of (sb. or sth.).
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)110a/a : For mediateli þer may be cause of errour of þe digestif & sanguifice, i. blodemakyng, in þe lyuer.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)414 : Deedis..doon to þee..immediatli..ouȝte raþer to be doon þan deedis..longyng to creaturis and for creaturis finali inmediatly, þouȝ al for þee, god, mediatly, finali.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)415 : Euery deede doon to þee, lord, inmediatli is bettir..þan eny deede doon toward þee oonly mediatly and finaly and into creaturis inmediatli.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)171 : Tho treuthis..into whos fynding..mannis resoun mai not suffice to..come withoute reuelacioun..ther of made bi God, immediatli or mediatli, as bi sum aungel or apostil.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)271 : What a man mai not haue and do at the next and immediatli, he wole be weel paied..for to haue it mediatli, that is to seie, forto haue it arombe and bi a meene.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)271 : Euen as thou woldist be..plesid if thi freend..wolde sende to the a cosse..or eny other bodily touching bi a meene persoon, receyuyng thilk..touching of him immediatli and delyueryng to thee as fro him mediatli.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)69/21 : Þe trowyng and credence which we ȝeuen to þo poyntis whiche god affermede and schewide to vs immediatli or mediatli we clepen..oure 'feiþ'.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)86/29 : His [God's] gouernyng of..summe immediatli and oþire summe mediatli, þat is to seie, bi meene of oþire creaturis.