Middle English Dictionary Entry
pācient(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pācient(e n. Also patient. |
| Etymology | OF pacïent n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who suffers from an injury or a disease, a sick man; patient, person under medical supervision; (b) fig. one who suffers from a spiritual sickness; (c) as adj.: belonging or pertaining to a patient.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.415 : He kepte his pacient a ful greet deel In houres by his magik natureel.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2202 : To vs sirurgiens aperteneth that we do to euery wight the beste that we kan..and to oure pacientz that we do no damage.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)92a/a : Wel smyllinge þinges schal be holde to þe pacientis nose.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)8/18 : Be he trewe, vnbeliche, & plesyngliche bere he him-silf to hise pacientis.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)209/20 : Þouȝ it sumwhat aswage þe akynge..aftirward þe patient schulde haue þe more penaunce.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)232/14 : If þe cancre were not vlceratus, þe patient miȝte lyue longe þerwith.
- (1423) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)111/89-90 : Ne do no þing be way of Medicyne to no paciente by þe whiche it is like to hym..þat þe paciente myght stande in perelle.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.1090 : As an esy pacyent, the loore Abit of hym that gooth aboute his cure.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)9/26 : A prudent phisician with draweþ from his pacient ofte sithes..þing þat is likerous.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)37b/b : None..sinthomatez..so heuyeþ or diseseþ laborantez or pacientez [Ch.(2): seke men] as akyng.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)98a/a : Þu schalt stoppe þe eres of þe pacient wiþ cotoun.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)127a/b : Þis coilet schal be putte in þe pacientes bodie; after þat þe pacient maie suffer wiþ outen disese.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)15/18 : Þe pacient is waike of herte.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 277)22/17 : Be þe pacient putte vp-on a bedde bifore a liȝt Wyndow.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)166/14 : If þat þou fynde þe paciente, i. þe seke man, stronge..þou schalt kytte hym in þe former partye.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)159 : Þe blake cornes of pyone seede ben woned to do a-way þe diuerse sikenesses of þe matrice, if þe woman pacient drinke þer-of.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.223 : Of the I take a iugement As doth a leche be his pacient.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)45/7 : Loke vp-on all thynge, or þou putte in ony pessarie, þat sche þat is pacient be well bathid aforn.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)55b/b : A sirurgian muste ordeyne dietynge to his pacient in diuers maner.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)57b/a : Þou must be as priuy as a confessour of þat þou seest or herist in þe pacientis hous.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)70b/b : Þe spasme..miȝte bringe þe pacient to his deeþ.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)146a/b : Þe pacientis owen to obeien in alle maner þingis þat ben perteynynge to þe cure of here syknesse.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)27b/13 : By gyn þan þi cur of an hote postume with lettyng blode if þe pacient be hole.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)28a/11 : If þe mater be mechill, the mater shall be þrest lytill and lytill, namely if þe pacient be febill.
b
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)347/6 : He takynge þat sawtrye of þe ȝonge mannus hande..be-fore his paciente beganne to pleye & singe.
c
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)118b/a : Jn þis enpostume þe pacient diete schal ben letuse.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)150b/b : Ȝif þou be aboute for to hele þe canker, þou schalt schorte þe pacient lyue daies.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)126 : Þe same wole þe sede doo, if it be gadered at morwe be-fore þe sone rist and ley vnder þe pacient hede.
2.
(a) One who endures suffering patiently; (b) coll. people capable of awaiting an event patiently; (c) the recipient of correction; (d) alch. a passive principle, something that is acted upon by an agent.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)10.178 : Alle poure pacientes a-payed of godes sonde, As mesels and mendinauntes..oure lord hath hem graunted Here penaunce.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)14.31 : Þe poure pacient purgatorye passeþ Raþere þan þe ryche, þauh thei renne at ones.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)14.99 : Þat poure pacient is parfitest lif of alle.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)16.287 : Whan he drouh hym to þe deþ..he ne dradde hym sarrer Than eny poure pacient.
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)436 : O god benigne..Beholde and reewe vp-on thy pacient!
b
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)786 : No more of haste at this present, But blessid be the paciente.
c
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)7.341 : Scharpe correccion and hasty movethe the paciente raþer to vice þen to vertu.
d
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)46b : Thinges here bene but only sister & brother, That is to meane, agent and pacient, Sulphure & mercurie coessential to our intent.
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)57a : Thinges ther be no mo But kinde withe kynde in nomber two, Male and female, agent and pacient.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.81vb (2.13) : If þe pasient delyuer him of spotel in þe bygynnyng..it is noble signe and principaly if it be skilful, litil, and liȝt.
Note: Additional quot., sense 1.(a). New spelling: pasient.