Middle English Dictionary Entry
rupten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | rupten v. P.ppl. rupt(e(d. |
| Etymology | From L ruptus, p.ppl. of rumpere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. & surg.: (a) To break open (a swelling) to discharge the enclosed matter; (b) to cauterize (skin); (c) to break open (a bodily part), rupture; (d) ppl. rupte as adj.: having a hernia.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)41b/b : The apostem maturate, þai commaunde for to brist or breke yt..with a sagittalie..If forsoþ yt war withyn..be it rupt with þy naylez or in frotyng with somþing.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)42a/a : Be þer take a litel gobet or pece of þe flesh of beef..make hym þat he swolwe yt..be yt drawen out wiþ þe threde sodanly with violence, And so shal þe apostem be rupt or bruste.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)89b/b : Proprely it is maturate with an emplaster..It maturateþ forsoþ, And bi it selfe rupteþ [Ch.(2): brekeþ; L rumpit] þe Aposteme.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)34b/a : Þe skyn be rupted with som caustic after þe quantite of þe excrescencez.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)89b/a : If cornea be rupte for corrosioun, & vuea procede outward so þat eleuacioun folow it..it nedeþ repercussyuez.
d
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)144a/b : In soume, neþerlez, wil Auicen þat rupte men leue replecioun & metez inflatyuez.