Middle English Dictionary Entry
prōporciọ̄nāl adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | prōporciọ̄nāl adj. Also proporcionel. |
| Etymology | OF proporcïonel & L prōportiōnālis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Having a particular correspondence, proportional; -- frequently with ayen- or to- phrase: (a) in size or extent; (b) in degree; (c) in nature, effect, or power.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)19a/a : A comon ȝerde oweþ for to be of 8 or 9 fingers with mesurable grossenez; It bihoueþ forsoþ it for to be proporcionale [Ch.(2): proporcional, i. of euene mesure; Ch.(3): proporcionel; L proportionalem] to þe matrice.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)93a/a : Ȝif þe to lippe of þe wounde be hiȝer þen þe toþer, leie aboue pressures þat ben proporcionel to þe wounde & binde it wele.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)96a/b : And ȝif þu schalt leie þine emplaster to woundes þat ȝiuen quyture, þu schalt make ane hole in þe midwarde of þine emplaster proporcionel to þe wounde so þat þe quiture mowe passen oute þer atte, but tederik doþ not so.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)28a/a : A crokid additament þat comeþ of þe same chekis is meene, þe which is turned in a turtuous and crokide hole þat is proporcional to þe selue chekis.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)165b/a : Leie aboue of plumaciolis of stuppis wet in hoot wyne and expressid þat it be mad proporcional to þe wounde.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)165b/b : Þerfore it is good for to make þe holis in þe rollere proporcional aȝen þe noseþrillis.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)333b/a : Armonica distingueþ grete & smale in sounes and hihe and lowe and proporcional chaungynge of voice and of soune.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)209b/b : Among all graffynge of trees, þe best is whan þe graffe and þe stok beþ yliche..oþer of trees þat haueþ humour proporcional and acordynge eiþer to oþer.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)305a/a : And so it fareþ of moiste matiere, ffor þe more is þe maystry of matiere [L humidi] þat is proporcional to brennynge [L combustioni], so þat hete haue þe maistry, þe more smoke þer is and dymnesse and blaknes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)306b/a : Mene colours beþ y-gendrede..by dyuers proporciouns..if þey beþ by proporcioun, þanne þey beþ efte proporcional by stedefastnes of abydynge in þe matiere.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)27b/b : Estiomeni: þof al it be noȝt proprely a puscle, neþerlez it is þe effect of pusclez; And þe cure of it is proporcionale to þam.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)159a/b : Sith þat medicynez wirkeþ by lyknes (namely in fourme proporcionale, as holdeþ oure scole) it, noȝt fyndyng yuel humour noying, turneþ it selfe to þe flesh and to þe radicale humiditeez, and it melteþ þam and heuyeþ þam & noyeth.
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