Middle English Dictionary Entry
subǧet adj.
Entry Info
Forms | subǧet adj. Also subgette, -gid, -jete, -jeth, -jecht, -jekt, soubgite & sugete, suged, suggette, sougit, sogethe, sojette, sochet; pl. subjectes, soget(t)es. |
Etymology | From subǧet n. & L subjectus & OF subjet, sougit, sogeth, AF suget(e, sogette. A few quots. may belong to ME subǧet n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Obedient, submissive; compliant; also, deferential; also fig.; ~ to (unto); (b) put to the service of someone or something else; of service to another; also, subordinate; ~ to (til); (c) in bondage to another, enslaved; also fig.; also, slavish; ~ to; maken ~ nol (nekke) under yok, to surrender to servitude or bondage.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 2.51 : Jhesus..cam doun with hem and cam to Nazareth, and was suget to hem.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Col.3.18 : Wymmen, be ȝe suget to ȝoure housbondis, as it bihoueth in the Lord.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)1 Pet.5.5 : Ȝe ȝonge men, be ȝe suget to eldre men.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.264 : For as muche as the reson of man ne wol nat be subget ne obeisaunt to god that is his lord by right, therfore leseth it the lordshipe that it sholde haue ouer sensualitee.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)16a/a : Setis beth fre of al schameliche subieccioun, for euer þe more subiect hy beþ to god þat is a boue hem, þe more worthi þey buþ to be I-maad hihe be hym.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1790 : Litel book..subgit be to alle poesye, And kis the steppes where as thow seest pace Virgile, Ovide, Omer, Lucan, and Stace.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Bar.1.18 : We weren not redi to be suget to hym, and we obeiden not to the vois of oure Lord God.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Rom.3.19 : Þe lawe spekys..þat al þe world be soget to god.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)40/33 : A fend vexid..Amicus wife..þis Amicus..ouer-com it & made it to be subgett vnto hym.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1810 : The women..quellid the kinge and his men echone, And neuer sithens affter than Wolde thei be sogette to no man.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)38/5 : It es worthi euery man be straunge fro the benfetes of god that wil not be sugete to his biddynge.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)99b : Þe Iuwes..sayden, 'þis man is a prophete and feondes beoþe subiet [vr. subietth] to him; þanne sayde Pylate to hem, 'why beoþe not feondes subiet to youre doctours?'
- (c1456) Pecock Faith (Trin-C B.14.45)110 : Hou perilose..this unobedience is..in the lay party, which ouȝte be sugget and obeie to the clergie.
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)46/17 : Than oure Lord seid to Eue, 'Woman..thou shalt be euermore subiett to man and lyue in peynes, and thou shalt deye.'
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)prol.77 : If ony word write be þat wrothe make myghte My souereyne, þat suget I shulde to be, I put me in his power.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)7/7 : The more meke þat a man is & þe more suget to god, þe more wise he shal be in all þinges & þe more pacient.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)473 : My siȝt is soget to my hert.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.1045 : Alwey a man shal putten his wyl to be subget [vr. subgette] to the wille of god.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)265b/b : The asse..is a symple beste and a slowe and was þerfore soone ouercome and subiet to mannes seruice.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)53/6 : Whanne resoun axeþ, be sugget to þin euene-Cristene; for þus dide Crist.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)1055 : Þe mare world..suld be til man suggette, For to serve man.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)36/30 : Þe instrumentis of þe body..by þe instrumentis of vertues..For if..þo instrumentis weren not soget to vertues rehersid tofore, it were litil plesynge to me.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.2098 : Theodose..nat froward amendis for to make, His sceptre, his suerd, his purpre, his diadeeme Soget to Ambrose, what hym list to deeme, Obeied al thyng.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)1069 : Who dysobeyth hys sovereyn, Off ryht not [vr. mot] folwen in certeyn That he shal dysobeyed be Off lower thynges of degre, Wych wer soget to hys servyse Or he trespacede in any wyse.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget (Gar 145)2/18 : I haue made all thynge for man, and all hem soiette to hym.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)5.2.89a : This hows is chief & principall of alle othir houses, and to this hows alle other be suget & seruantes, wheder thei wele or noon.
- a1500(a1475) Ashby Dicta (Cmb Mm.4.42)704 : He that makethe his lawe souget to awe Or to his Roialme, his wyt is not worth a strawe.
c
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)358 : Where Cristene men shulden be free, now þei ben nedid to hire a preest and þus be suget to þe fend.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Jer.27.12 : The folk..makith suget her nol vndur the ȝok of the kyng of Babiloyne and serueth hym..and Y seide, 'Make ȝe suget ȝoure neckis vndur the ȝok of the kyng of Babiloyne.'
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)21/3 : Þe greuest bondage þat may be is to be sugget to synne.
- a1425 MChristi (Arun 286)47/65 : A þousand sleyȝtes of noyenge haveþ oure enemy þe fende aȝeynes us, to make us þral and suged þat schulde be free and Goddis dere derlynges.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)79/20 : Me likyd not ȝong playe to vse þat be vnclennes worþi sawls to bondage of foly makis sogett.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)130/6 : Wysdom schal not entre in-to an euyl wyllyde soule, ne it schal not dwelle in a body subiete to synne.
- a1480(c1450) Barlaam (2) (Peterh 257)93/3408 : Wisdom shal neuer..abyde in a body þat is soget to synne.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)232 : Now he is takyn & made soget to his Enmyes, & þou art free..he liggithe strongli I-bounde, and thow ert los.
- a1500 Mirk Fest.Revis.(Hrl 2247)70/98 : God dwellith not in þat body þat is sogette to syn.
2.
(a) Obligated to give allegiance to a sovereign, ruler, or sovereign power; also fig.; loyal, dutiful; also, subject to the pope as sovereign of the spiritual realm; ~ to (til, unto); (b) obligated by rule, canon law, or injunction to obey an ecclesiastical superior; under the spiritual guidance of a priest; also, subject to the rule of a religious order; ~ to (unto); (c) bound to the service of another, subordinate; (d) bound to the observance of a legal or moral code, a rule of conduct, etc.; bound to the ruling of a court or divine justice; also, subject to grammatical rules; ~ to; (e) under the jurisdiction of a city, country, etc.; also, annexed; ~ to (unto).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Esth.13.2 : Þe moste king artaxerses fro Inde vn to ethiope..to princis & dukis þat to his empire ben soget, greetynge seiþ.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Wisd.8.14 : I shal disposen puplis, & naciouns to me shul ben sooget.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.81 : Þis is þe citee þat kyng Edgar com to some tyme wiþ seuene kynges þat were suget to hym.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.79 : My empere schal be to be suget and buxom to þe emperour.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.675 : The Monarchie Of al the world in that partie To Babiloyne was soubgit.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.1507 : Thus hath Uluxes what he wolde: His wif was such as sche be scholde; His poeple was to him sougit.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)5/6 : Ȝif hit may be schewide..þat þe pope is lord of al temporalte, kynges & princes mot nedes be suget to þe pope as wel in temporalte as in spiritualte.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)23/6 : For þi lei þin ere to þe preching of seynt Petre: Be ȝe seruauntes sogetes to ȝour souereynes.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)104/5 : Þe kyng of þat land es a grete lord and a myghty, bot he es subget to þe Grete Caan.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)73/2 : If þou be suget to god Cupido, The wode giaunt loke þou kepe þe fro.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)14842 : Þe Englys were nought of o wyl, O kyng ouer þem to set, Ne for to be til on suget.
- a1450 Who þat liste loke (Stw 951)44/185 : Agamenon..had in gouuernance Of grekes all þe chosyn floure soubgite At troye.
- c1450(?a1402) *?Trev.Reg.Princ.(Dgb 233)10a/b : He is in felicitee if a may make nacions sochet to hyme.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)92/2722 : Vnto the excellent power..Of god Cupide and venus þe goddes Bisechith..Yowre servaunt Charlis..That suget ly Vnto yowre most digne and royalle obeyshaunce.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)20263 : I dar affermen her a-noon, Sterrys and planetys euerychon Be soget to hys power royal And to hys ryht Imperyal.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)149 : Octavian, þer secounde emperour, commounded all þe world to be discribed as subget vnto hym.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)133 : Al maner of personys of Hooly Chyrche obedyente unto us and benefysyd in the realme of Fraunce, in placys subjette to owre fadyr..shalle swere for too kepe thys present acorde.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)22/18 : All þe world was suget to þe Emperour of Rome.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5507 : Of More Ynde come Merion..With Dukes full doughty..Þat subiect were sothely to þe same Perses.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.111 : To þese þre archebisshoppes sees were suget eyȝte and twenti bisshoppis.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)30/8 : Myles..'What is licher to þe doom of God þan..bigge pees to trewe men þat beþ suget to ȝow?'
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.45 : It is oon to love a þing and to willen þat þing good, but þei wolden þat al þis world were suget unto þer sect.
- c1425 *Wycl.Concord.(Roy 17.B.1)143a : Þat also ȝe be sugett to suche, firste pistle to cor. sixtenþe cap.
- ?c1430(c1400) Rule & T.St.Francis(1) (Corp-C 296)44 : Freris þat ben soget owen to þenke þat for god þei han forsaken here owen willes.
- ?c1430(c1400) Rule & T.St.Francis(1) (Corp-C 296)45 : I enyoyne to mynystris..þat we be euere suget to þe feet of þe same holy chirche.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3625 : I schal inquire of my flok and of here pasture Whou þey haue leuyd and led here peple sojet.
- ?a1475 Com.Proph.M.(PennSt-U PS V-3)44 : Seint sampson, which was the vijte Archebisschopp of yorke..be þe strengthe of heretikes, with other vij bisschopps sogettes vnto him wern dryven vnto litill bretayn.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.4.35 : Wile þou not ben as a leoun in þyn hous, turnynge awei þyn homeli men & opressinge men soget to þee.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)233/32 : They that can nothinge guyde..will bere noon armes vnder othir capteyns, and they hold it for a disworship to be subgite to him [CQ(2): thei disdeyne to do othir men seruice] vnder whom they may haue the good fame to the whiche thei might neuer atteyne by thaire owne guydynge.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)2093 : So shulde þe peple suget be Eche to oþer in her degree.
d
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Rom.10.3 : Thei vnknowynge Goddis riȝtwysnesse..ben not suget to the riȝtwysnesse of God.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 26.6 : In the hope of repromyscioun that is maad to oure fadris of God, I stonde suget in dom.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.175 : Þe Grees..were somtyme stalworþe..and neuerþeles sugett to lawes.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.391 : Firste he sente messagers and heet enemyes be soget to his lawe.
- (a1392) Clanvowe 2 Ways (UC 97)65/339 : Þe wisdom of þe flessh is enemy to God..ne he ne may not bee suget to the lawe of God.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)213a/b : Holy writte wol nought alway be subiecte to þe lawes of gramere, nouþer wol be y-ruled by þe art þerof.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)7731 : To þe..inuysyble Thei been & shul tyl þou credence Ful yiue tyl to a bettyr sentence And be treuly subiect to crystys feyth.
- a1450(1400) Eche man be war (Dgb 102)20 : The puple is godes, and not ȝoures, Thow they be soget to ȝoure degre.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)44.25 : Loke ȝe don Ek, Sire, the same, and Elles trewly ȝe ben to blame, and þat to ȝoure lawe no more soiet þat ȝe be, but Only to the lawe of Cristyente.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)167/13 : The londes that be gouerned by men thoroughe oute all the worlde ben subiect to dyuerse stablysshyngis aftir the olde customes of contrees.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)71/23 (2nd occurrence) : Subgettz ben seruauntes subiectes to Justice [Lambeth: þat er vndyr-put by ryght].
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)769/10 : Gooddes chosyn chyldryn..chese a sympyll vesture & a meke & are sogethe to obedience for gode.
e
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.123 : To þat see is sugett Barokschire, Wiltschire, and Dorsett.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Esth.8.13 : It were maad knowun in alle londis and puplis that weren suget to the empire of kyng Assuerus that the Jewis ben redi to take veniaunce of her enemyes.
- a1425 LOL (Wnds E.I.I)54/6 : Þe emperour wolde knowe þe noumbre of cuntrees in þe world þat werin soget to þe lordshipe of Roome, and þe noumbre of citees in eche cuntree, and þe noumbre of heedis in ech citee.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)831 : The emperoure Sigesmounde..of all joyes made it one the moste That Caleise was soget unto Englyssh coste.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.145 : Gothia is a region of Scythia towarde the weste, to whom the yle of Gotlande is subiecte [L subjacet].
- a1500(1439) Lydg.Sts.AA (Lnsd 699)177 : This statute kept in euery Region Beyng soget to Rome the Cite; Stretchyng ther lordship & domynacion With ther Imperiall marciall dygnyte.
3.
(a) Subjugated, subdued; maken ~, to subjugate (sb., a territory, etc.), conquer, subdue; maken (bringen) ~ to, bring (sb., a people, etc.) into submission to (sb., an empire, etc.); also fig.; (b) under the absolute domination of someone or something else, incapable of independent action; also, constrained by an outside force or agency; of iron: subject to a magnetic attraction; ~ to (unto).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Par.22.18 : Ȝee seen þat þe lord..haþ ȝifen alle þe enemys in oure hond þat þe lond be soget befor þe lord & beforn his puple.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Cor.15.26 : Crist..hath maad suget alle thingis vndir his feet.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.273 : Whanne kyng Charles had i-made Spayne soget [L subjugata]..he made alle þe bonde men of Gallia fre.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.351 : Henry..made þis Rotherik sugette.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.131 : Þe ȝong Scipio..overcome þe Numentanes and made hem sugett in a wel stronge bataille in Spayne.
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.20.37 : I shal make you suget to my ceptre.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.1.28 : Fille ȝe the erthe and make ȝe it suget, and be ȝe lordis to fischis of the see and to volatilis of heuene and to alle lyuynge beestis that ben moued on erthe.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Judith 2.3 : His thouȝte was in that thing, to make suget ech lond to his empire.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.46.4 : He made puplis suget to vs.
- a1425(c1400) 5 Wits (Hrl 2398)10/14 : An holy man..haþ longe tyme trauailed in penaunce for to brynge his flesch sople and subiect to þe soule.
- (1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236)117/11 : Þe flesch, if þou be tempyd, make sugett, þat þe spiryt be not vndirlowt.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.2058 : Alle the contres aboute hym enviroun, Pompeie made hem soget to Roome toun.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)207 : He got al perce lond..And large Citees maad soget to his hond.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)65/16 : Be..a maker of pees with in þi self, makyng þi body subiette to þi soule.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)243/4 : The moost excellent doctrine of Aristotle practiked by wey of deede made alle thinges subgite and surmountable to the knyghtly prouesse of Alexander.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)197 : Betwyx þen tweyn [man's body and soul] ys a grett dyvisyon; He þat xulde be subjecte, now he hath þe victory.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.3523 : Thogh he were a potestat Of worldes good, he was soubgit To love and put in such a plit That he excedeth the mesure Of reson.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)200a/b : Þat stoon Adamas draweþ Iren to it self, And also Iren y-drawe by mene of siluer and of bras foleweþ þe stoon and is subiecte and obedient þer to.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210)10/10 : Blessed be paysable folk, in þe whiche alle þynges ben wel ordeyned, no sturynges ouer comynge resoun, bot al þyng soget to þe spiryte, for it is soget to God.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.231 : He that now was moost in pride above Wax sodeynly moost subgit [vr. subiecht] unto love.
- a1425(?a1400) Dionysius HDivinity (Hrl 674)9/17 : We remowe fro hym..all þoo þinges þat fallyn to body or to bodely þinges -- as is..al vnmiȝtfulnes soget vnto sensible chaunses, al needfulness of liȝt, & al generacyon.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.6.98 : Thou bylevest that the governynge of it is nat subgit ne underput to the folye of thise happes aventurous, but to the resoun of God.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.6.120 : Alle thinges that ben put undir destyne ben certes subgitz to purveaunce, to which purveaunce destyne itself is subgit and under.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.5.19 : Yif that..our corage..demeth and knoweth of his owne strengthe the passioun or suffrance subject to the body, moche more than tho thingis that ben absolut and quit fro alle talentz or affecciouns of bodyes.
- c1450 How mankinde dooþ (Lamb 853)424 : Deeþ is sugett to god to bende.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)122/15-16 : If thou wylt al thynges be sugette to the, make thi-selfe sugette to reson.
- a1480(c1450) Barlaam (2) (Peterh 257)121/4437 : Þe elementis & planettis..ben coruptible & sogett to here makere.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)112 : Thou art..so clere wyth-oute synne, so clene wyth-oute any erthly tacche of synne, whych hast be subiet to vs tyl now.
4.
Bound by necessity to undergo something, usu. harmful, or to endure an undesirable state; liable, vulnerable; susceptible, prone; ~ to; ben ~ to trespas, to be guilty of an offense, incur guilt.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Rom.8.20 : Sothli the creature is suget [Paul.Epist.: subiekt] to vanyte, not willinge..the ilke creature schal be delyuered fro seruage of corupcioun in to liberte of the glorie of the sones of God.
- a1400 Cato(2) (Thott 306)p.326 : Wake wel the more that thou ne be To slepe ful soiet, for we se That moche slepe and longe restyng Makith to vicis norishyng.
- c1410 Mirror Sinners (UC 97)437 : This lyf is passyng, al bilapped in wrecchednesse, soiet to alle maner of vanytee, defouled with filthes of synne.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Lev.5.3 : If he touchith ony thing of the vnclennesse of man..and he forȝetith, and knowith afterward, he schal be suget [WB(1): shal vnderlye; L subiacebit] to trespas.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Eccl.3.20 : Alle thingis ben suget to vanyte, and alle thingis goen to o place.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.2.127 : Blisfulnesse [ne] be angwyssous ne drery, ne subgit [vr. subgyd] to grevaunces ne to sorwes.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)52b/b : Mannez nature is manyfolde seruaunt or bonde and so of it selfe is it subiecte to diuerse perilez.
- c1450 Bk.GGrace (Eg 2006)192/5 : Charyte inestymable putte the fro þe faders lappe into the worlde & made the to be sugette to alle peynes ande myseryes.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)38/7 : Charite is..fer fro þe filthi feer of carnel corrupcioun, subiecte to no dedly vices, but areysid vp abouen al fleschly lustes.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)51/1 : He is a man mortall subgect to shorte lyfe.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)96/10 : As to the body..in some thyngis man is subgect by his byrthe in diuerse accions of the hevyns above, as in the iiij first qualytes, that is to knowe in heete..For it is not in pouer of man but in the somer he muste haue heete.
- a1500 Yit wulde I (Cmb Ff.1.6)5 : Y take myn auenture..As sche that hath for-saken Ioyus all, And to all payne is bothe soiet and thralle.
5.
(a) Phil. Receptive to the imposition of form; ~ material, the passive substratum underlying all form, undifferentiated matter, prime matter; matere ~, the material component of a composite substance, the substratum of a form; (b) phil. susceptible of presentation as an object of knowledge; (c) passive; matere ~, the substance within or upon which an agent works.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.1.54 : This sentence..'no thing hath his beynge of naught'..noon of thise oolde folk ne withseide nevere, al be it so that they ne undirstoden..it nat by God..but thei casten as a maner foundement of subject material (that is to seyn, of the nature of alle resouns).
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.4.177 : The wit comprehendith withoute-forth the figure of the body of the man that is establisschid in the matere subgett.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.m.4.26 : Stoyciens..wenden that ymages..weren enprientid into soules fro bodyes withoute-forth..But yif the thryvynge soule ne unpliteth nothing..by his propre moevynges, but suffrith and lith subgit to the figures..of bodies withoute-forth..whennes comith thilke knowynge in our soule that..byholdith alle thinges?
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.285 : Of oo begynner all þing most be wroght; Yit þis was not þe conseit of þeire þoght; Thogh all þing haue a makere principall, They meued of subiecte materiall.
b
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.5.57 : Thanne is either the jugement of resoun soth -- ne that ther nis no thing sensible -- or elles, for that resoun woot wel that many thinges ben subject to wit and to ymaginacioun, thanne is the concepcioun of resoun veyn and fals.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)131b/a : Fire is nouȝt perceyued wiþouten matiere subiect, þat is, matiere þat fire wurchiþ inne.
6.
(a) Lying beneath; ~ to the erthe, lying beneath the earth, inhumed; (b) ~ to, at the foot of (a mountain), below; (c) appended, subjoined; (d) affected.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)162b/a (2nd occurrence) : In þat, 'þat lyouns ben mylde & subiect to þe ymage of þe erþe,' it meneth þat eueryche kynde, þogh þey be..cruel, in tyme of deth he shal be ouercome and soget to þe erþe.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.143 : The region Hircany hathe on the este parte to hit the see of Caspy..on the weste, Hiberia, beenge subiecte to Caucasus.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.9.25 : Y wrote to hym what thingus ben suget.
d
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)61a/a : If..þe wonded flesh be made more hote..or more colde, it shal seme þe farmacie noȝt only moderately for to drie, bot also forto hete and for to colde in als mych, in how mych, as þe subiecte fle[s]h is ouergone fro þat þat it is after nature.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)80b/b : Þer semeþ to be 3 maners of vlcerez..hard to hele, þat þat is of discrasye of þe subiecte flesh, And þat þat is of shrewednez of inflowing blode, And 3a. forsoþ is of quantite.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)569/3 : Albucasis and Haly Abbas..counseilen rownde cauteries with an olyuare to evapre þe brayne and to sende aȝeyne the materes þe whiche renne to þe subiecte parties.
7.
Inferior [1st quot. perh. from a misreading of L sepositis as suppositis].
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.5.141 : Ye men ne han no propre good iset in yow, for which ye mooten seke outward your goodes in foreyne and subgit [L sepositis] thynges?
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)6133 : Nature..Passeth soothly werke-man-shepe, For crafte ys subget vn-to kynde.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)61.5 : Ha þou my soule, be þou subiecte for-soþe to God, for of hym ys my suffraunce.
Note: Antedates sense
Note: Belongs to sense 1.(a).--per MLL
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)3 Esd.2.16 : Thei writen this subiect [WB(1): vnderset; L subjectam.] lettre to the kyng.
Note: Supplemental material
Note: Postdates sense--belongs to sense 6.(c) ("appended"), which has only one quot.--per MLL
Note: See MED undersetten v. sense 5.--Ppl. underset as adj.: following, appended. (WBible (1) quot. for this passage used).