Middle English Dictionary Entry
prē̆nting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | prē̆nting(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An impression or imprint produced by pressing a seal, signet, etc., into a plastic surface; seles ~, ~ of sel; med. ~ in, an indentation in swollen flesh produced by pressure; (b) written characters, writing; (c) fig. the action of implanting religious devotion in someone.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)318a/a : Þe..newe wex..is þe better to worche and þe more able to fonge impressioun and prentynge of dyuers figures and schappes.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)108/12 : Tokenes..ben louse swellynge..so þat it ȝeueþ stede to þe fyngres, and the inpressioun, i. pryntynge yn [L impressio] is kepte after þe remevynge of þe fyngres.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.93/13 : In-to witnesse of þe which thyng, þis present wrytyng with my seelys pryntyng I haue istrengthid hit.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)542/7 : And that this her yifte..shold abide sure for euer, she strengthed hit with the pryntyng of her seale.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)264a/a : The rammes skynnes..is more able to fonge and to holde pryntynge [L impressionem] and payntynge of dyuerse coloures.
c
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)20 : Preching to þe peple vpon þe seid vij maters schal neuer take his parfite effect, neiþer in ȝeuyng to þe peple sufficient and stable doctrine, neiþer in prentyng into hem abiding deuocioun.
2.
(a) The impact of sunbeams or sunlight on the earth or its atmosphere; (b) an image or impression produced in the mind or the senses.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)133a/b : Eyr..bycause of his clerenesse..fongiþ influence of þe vertue of heuene & impressioun and prentynge [L impressionis] of þe lyȝt of þe sonne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)163a/b : As Macrobius seith, þe prentyng of þe sonne bemes is more stronge in lowe place þan in hiȝe.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)26b/a : Þe wit of gropinge..holdiþ þe more strongliche þe impressiouns and prentinges of þingis þat plesiþ oþir greueþ.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)39b/a : Þe brayne haþ þre holowȝ places..þis puppis, þe hinder partye..hath litil of marewȝ..þat he be meneliche hard, þat þe prentinge of schappis & of liknes be þere in þe lengþe I-holde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)78b/a : Sweuenes þat beþ trewe buþ somtyme opun & playne & somtyme I-wrappid in figuratif mistik..Suche inpressioun & prentinges I-maad [?read: Is maad] in his inwit þat slepiþ by inspiracioun of god.