Middle English Dictionary Entry
mōren v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | mōren v.(2) Also more, mori, morne, (N) mare; p.ppl. i)mored. |
| Etymology | From mōr(e adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To increase (sth.); improve; augment (a price, reward, treasure, an indulgence); enlarge (an empire); expand (a text); enhance (beauty, fame, joy); intensify (pain, desire); render more grevious (a harm, sin); exaggerate (a story, falsehood, an accomplishment); (b) to grow; increase; intensify.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300(OE) Deed Crediton (CotR 2.11)116 : Se holiapopa lion þay ȝeuenisse iuas[t]nede and morede hit mid on þousent daȝe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)45/25 : Þe þridde [sin] is to mori lyeasynges and ydele wordes.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)60/20 : Huanne þe litle guodes þet hire children þet hi doþ zouke, ydo, oþer yzed, hy leueþ and dobbleþ and moreþ [Vices & V.(2): Makeþ more þer-to] hit of hiren, al-huet þer is more of lyeasinge þanne of zoþ.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)79/18 : He..yelde scele to god..of þet he heþ ydo, and of þet he heþ ywonne of þe guodes þet god him heþ ylend uor to mory [Vices & V.(2): to multiplien; F por multeplier].
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)175/25 : Efterward me ssel zigge naȝt onlepiliche þe zennes ac þe aboutestondinges alle þet moreþ þe zennes [Vices & V.(2): maken þe synne grettere].
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.195va : The flesch of hennes & pulletes migtheth man and moreth seed.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.1614 : Among the men was nothing mored [rime: restored] Towardes god of good lyvynge.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1841 : What he wol make lasse, he lasseth, What he wol make more, he moreth.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.4846 : The colour..To Beaute thanne was restored, So that it myhte noght be mored.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2354 : Bot lang he led him with de lay To mare þe medes of his fai.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6662 : Ȝif we had seyn þis in oure þouȝt Wisely aforn, and Exyoun restored, Þan had nat þe harmys be so morid On vs.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1661 : Þus was þe toun fro tresoun purged clene, And with trouþe awmentid & y-morid.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)392/891 : So was he besy, the tresour, that men calle Rem publicam, to moren [vr. moore] and amende.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)249/5 : Alle þe teerys þat may encresyn my lofe to þe & moryn my meryte in Heuyn..visite me wyth her in erth.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)261 : Incresyn, or moryn: Augeo, adaugeo, augmento.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)343 : Moryn [vr. mooryn], or make more: Majoro. Moryn, and largyn [vr. makyn more large]: Amplio, amplifico.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)463 : It was neuere reuokid neiþer chaungid, lassid ne morid, bi þe oold testament or þe newe.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)129/21 : Also it makyth wymmen to moryn here mylk.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)43 : Þis man mored þe empir of rome with grete conquestis.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)1553 : Cyrus..A grete oste gadered for-to lede For no grete rycchess..But his fame to more and magnyfy.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)111/23 : Þe feend wryteth & noumbryth þi slauthe, slugnes..for to more þi peyne in helle.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)66/23 : Auaryce es not quenchede wyth thynges desyrede, bot rather it es morede and encrecede.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)66 : Summe sey that Ptolome, Kyng of Egipt, mad this Almagest -- Peraventure this man mored it, or set it in othir forme.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget(3) (Gar 145)12/1 : For a sharpe deth lassyth synne..& morith the rewarde in blysse.
- a1500 St.Brendan Conf.(Lamb 541)6/27 : I haue trespassid also..in lettynge of ȝoure ful ioie bi my wickid lyuynge, þat schulde haue be moorid, if I hadde wel lyued.
b
- a1450-a1475 Lydg.TB (Bergen)3.5096 : Þei hym besouȝt..He wolde enclyne his harde herte..Only of pite on her wo to rewe, Þat likly was to moren [Aug: morne] and renewe.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Test.(Hrl 218)309 : For ryght as ver ay moreth in grenesse, So doth childhode in amorous lustynesse.