Middle English Dictionary Entry
occāsiọ̄nāt(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | occāsiọ̄nāt(e adj. |
| Etymology | ML occāsiōnātus, ppl. of occāsiōnāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Given occasion; (b) incidental; (c) alch. fir ~, artificial heat as from ashes or heated water baths.
Associated quotations
a
- (?c1450) E.Black Monks in RHS ser.3.54112 : That neither we nor oure counseil be occasionat to be vexed.
b
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)2820 : He þoutȝ it was but a matere occasionate, Whech broute þis Norbert to his grete a-state.
c
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)49a : Fire occasionate we call unaturall, As heat of ashes & balmes [read: balnes] for putrefying.
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)49b : Then shall thy seades bothe rote & spire By helpe of fier occasionate.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(1471) *Ripley CAlch.(Ashm 1486)498 : In the wyche water of kende occacyonate off qualytes by repugnans & dyuersyte, thyng in-to thynges muste yer-fore be rotate.
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