Middle English Dictionary Entry
prōdūcen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | prōdūcen v. |
| Etymology | L prōdūcere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Anat. (a) Of bones:?to extend or develop into (a process); (b) ben produced, of nerves, etc.: to proceed or go (to a bodily part); of components of a bodily part: be extended (from another bodily part).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)48b/a : Þe bones of þe tempels..producen [*Ch.(1): produceþ; Ch.(2): leden forth; L producunt] ane addicioun towarde þe addicioun of þe bone þat is cleped os petrosum.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)10a/b : Of it [the head], forsoþ, bene produced [L producuntur] alle þe particlez of þe face.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)10b/b : And þai ar produced [Ch.(2): ladde downe]..fro þe commissurez of laude vn to þe middes of þe bones of þe templez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)11a/b : Of þat partie..springeþ 7 pair of sentitiue neruez which bene produced to þe eien & to þe erez.
2.
To bring (sth.) into existence.
Associated quotations
- c1475 O lord omnipotent (Trin-C R.3.21)2 : O Lord omnipotent…All thing producyng only by volunte.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Sense 2. added. Cp. OED produce v., sense 2.(a).