Middle English Dictionary Entry
prēparāten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | prēparāten v. Also preparate, preperate; p.ppl. preparat(e, i)preperate, preperat & preperated. |
| Etymology | L praeparātus, ppl. of praeparāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To prepare (sth.), make (sth.) ready; make (sth.); alch. prepare (sth.) for use in some process; sal preparate, ?refined salt; ?salt prepared for use in alchemy.
Associated quotations
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.810 : Dyuers fyres maad of wode and cole, Sal tartre, alkaly, and sal preparat [vrr. preparaat, preparate].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)12b/a : Byhynde þe selfe tonge toward þe palate bene fauces & þe amigdalez & vuula hyngyng for to preperate [Ch.(2): make redy; L ad preparandum] þe Aier.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)15a/a : Blode..is sent bi þe arteries..to al oþer membres to be viuified & preperate [L membra..preparanda].
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)2014 : Of drynk superfluite..vse this remedy..ovir a ryveer rennyng, To be set, Arrayed to thyn estat, With salwys, wylwys Envyround preperat.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)5/6 : Take..brennynge watir..and birie it al in hors dounge, preparate as it is seid hereafter.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)8/21 : Who so coude reparale & preparate kyndely þis fier, wiþoute doute it wolde quenche anoon a brennynge sijknes.
- a1500(1445) ?Lydg.Marg.Entry (Hrl 3869)150 : God hys Tabernacle to sanctifie, Of Sterres xij, the Croune hath preparate.
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)451/30 : The baners of blys bene splaied & preparate.
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)45a : After philosophie I yowe behete Done not after the comone gise With sulphure other saltes preparate in diverse wise.
2.
Med. & surg. (a) To prepare (a wound, bodily part, etc.) for some process or treatment, prepare (sth.) for use in a treatment; (b) ppl. preparate, prepared; arsenik (calamint, honi, etc.) ~; (c) to furnish (sth.), provide; (d) to conduce (to sth.); (e) ~ to, to predispose (a wound, blood) to (a morbid condition).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)103b/b : It pleseþ to me..þat in þe first 3 daiez, he be preperate [L preparetur] for akyng with a subtile cloþ & stupatez infused in album oui.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)113a/a : Or be þe fleshez þus preperate; And preperated [Ch.(2): arrayed], be þay brissed or stamped with þe whenge or pinion of a hen.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)123b/a : This wasshing, bycause of alum, preperateþ [Ch.(2): arrayeth] þe herez for to receyue alle colourez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)124b/b : Be ceruse preperate [L preparetur].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)146a/b : Dindimus is more sensible þan flesh, & nedeþ more mitygacioun, & more war wirching for veynez & neruez þat ar in it; And it so ypreperate, stonde it vnto þe second remouyng.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)171a/b : It is nedeful..þat medicinez..be of subtile substaunce so þat þai may..preperate, i. redy, humour to digestioun.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)87b/a : What tyme a wounde is preparate, oþer diȝte, aftir þat þe blode be staunched, þe wounde schal neuere be loused to þe tyme þat þe surgene be seurer þat þe blode be fullie staunched.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)145b/a : It is beste for to preparate þe member so þat þe orifice of þe vlcus oþer of þe wounde honge oþer be dunwarde.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)163b/b : It..preparates, oþere makeþ redye, harde enpostumes to maturacioun.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)165b/b : Þe rote of altee, þe whiche schal be putte in dyuerse medicines, schal be preparate in þis maner.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)75/3 : Haue he a swynez bledder, or a netez bledder, noȝt blowne to myche, which þou schalt preparate þus for to be kept.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)118b/b : And loke algatis or þe clooþ be drie þat þou haue anoþir preperate and redy to leie þerto.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)34b/a : Arsnec sublimed and preperate, who kon wele lede it opteneþ þe principaltee.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)131a/b : Take as moche maluauiske preparate as alle þe toþer ben and encorper alle to gidere and make ane emplaister.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)184b/b : Take tuthye preparate..fiften clowes, ane ounce of honye combe.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)136/28 : Take of tutye preparate..of calamyn preparate..And make of þise collirium.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)170/7 : Take..of þe kyrneliis of þe pynet one vnce, and..putte þer-to of hony preparate iij rotis.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)15a/b : Biside þam be 2 auricles, i. litel erez, bi which goþ in & goþ out þe aier þat is preperate [L appropriatus] of þe pulmo to hym.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)56a/b : Sych diete be proffitable to wonded men..For why..it preperateþ conuenient nutriment in conuenient tyme.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)148b/a : It haþ not vertue preperatyng [L properantem] vntymely, i. in vntyme, þe mete to þe lyuer & to vrynyng membrez.
d
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)162a/b : Þer preperateþ to vomite many diuers metes and swete and fatte and fletyng metez or swymmyng, as ficus, porrez, onyonz, benez, swynez flesh.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)175a/b : Medicyne caustice..som be feble, þat bristeþ þe skyn alone & vesikeþ, i. blistereþ, and preparateþ to þe operacion of putrefactiuez.
e
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)56a/a : I was not wont to giffe any pocioun in recent wondez, for þai beþ hote & apertyue & moueþ blode & preperateþ þe wonde to aposteme & to fluxe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)110a/a : When, forsoþ, þe lyuer falleþ to hotenez & drynesse, it brynneþ þe blode & preperateþ it to melancolie.