Middle English Dictionary Entry
prō̆pren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | prō̆pren v. Also propre, propriun; p.ppl. i)propred etc. & i)propered, propirde. |
| Etymology | ?Shortened form of apprō̆pren; also cp. L propriāre, OF apropriier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) in phrase ben propred, to be appointed, be set aside; of money: be appropriated; ppl. propred, determined; (b) ben propred for, to be appropriate or suitable for (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)136a/b : Þe cloude is round wiþoute, and aside þe cloude haþ none certeyne fourme nouþir schappe I-propred [L determinata].
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1041 : Yf þe king [of bees] coueite þe colours to beholde Of þe fressh floures þat on þe feldes growen, Euermore a-myddes as maister of þaym alle His place is yproperid for peril þat mighte falle.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1132 : Souurayns and þe shire-men þe sothe haue eschewed, Yn place þat is proprid to parle for þe royaulme.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)230/1 : As a prelat am I properyd to provyde pes And of jewys jewge þe lawe to fortefye.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)427 : Many goodis han comun bifore of siche studies, but neuere so myche siþen collegies weren dowid as dide bifore þer rentis weren proprid.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)297/7 : Veruce schulen be curid wiþ a purgacioun maad of epithimi and gotis whey, & wiþ summe oþere medicyn þat is proprid for malancolie.
2.
In phrases with to or unto: (a) ~ to, to assign (a name, quality) to (sth.); (b) ben propred to, to be appointed or assigned to (sth., the persons of the Trinity); be appropriate for or characteristic of (God, an animal); be analogous to (sth.) [last quot.]; ben propred unto, be the prerogative of (God); (c) ~ to (unto), to appropriate (sth.) to (oneself, itself), acquire; (d) ppl. propred to, of a name: assigned to (sth.); of a medicine: appropriate for (a part of the body); of reproductive organs: designated for the creation of (male children); of silence: appointed especially for (a house).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)78a/b : Þe liknes þat we seeþ in sweuenes we nempniþ by þe name of þe þinges & propriþ [L appropriamus] to ham þe þinges & names of þinges for liknes of þe þinges.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)9a/a : Þese fyue nociouns..beþ I-clepid proprietates, for þey beþ Ipropred to þe persones.
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)137/28 : Þis is pleynli proprid to þe lewdist kow or to þe moste vnresonable beest..to fele þe owne propre beyng.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.48 : And so on two maneres may a man remitte or deny þe trespas þat is done to him, and so remitte synne; first remitte wronge of God þat is propred unto God; or ellis dismitte wronge of his broþer in þat þat it is made aȝens him.
- c1425(c1400) Primer (Cmb Dd.11.82)p.78 : God, to whom it is proprid to haue merci & to spare euer more, loweliche we biseche þee, [etc.].
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)6/12 : Cirurgie is two-fold: techinge, þe which is approprid to name of science, þat eueri man mai haue þouȝ it were neuere wrouȝt in dede; And þere it is vsid, þis name is proprid þerto, to be his craft þat vsiþ it.
- a1500(a1400) Wycl.FHC (NC 95)353 : To þe godhed in hijs fadure is propred þis power.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)1/30 : The Lord God oweth only to be worschipid with sacrifice and worschip in the effect of the worde 'latria', which worschip is only propirde to the godhede.
- a1500 12 PTrib.(2) (Rwl C.894)394 : Openynge is properyd to confession, and boxynge or ventusyng, to tribulacion.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)130a/a : Also propur matiere propriþ to him his owne fourme.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)127/12 : Alle þoo..by þeire goostly sleiȝtes, bi help of grace, mowen propre vnto hem þe perfeccion of þis werk.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)77 : But now bi new lawis, clerkis propriun to hemsilf temporal þingis as seclereis.
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)61a/a : It is I-seide þat þe modir haþ þre celles in þe riȝt side I-proprid to males and þre in þe liftside Iordeyned to femals.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)245b/a : Rubutum or rubus is a name y-propred to a sshurbbe þat bereþ wilde breres, þe whi whiche herdes heteth for honger.
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.73 : Salomon spekith not of silence propirde to an house, bot of silence in iche place in tyme and in reson.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)146/6 : Repercussyues..and lenyficatifes..fulfillen þe þridde þing..But noght eueryche..but certeyne and propred [*Ch.(1): appropriate; L appropriata] medecynes to þe nature of þe membre.