Middle English Dictionary Entry
substitūten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | substitūten v. P. & p.ppl. substitūte. |
| Etymology | From L substitūtus, p.ppl. of substituere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To appoint (sb.) to a position (in place of another), substitute; put (sb. in a position previously held by another); also, appoint (sb.) as a deputy.
Associated quotations
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)858 : The consulys..were of al the werres ordynaunt; To theim obeyed euerych aydaunt; In stede of whom illustres Lordes, Peerys, Be substitute [Veg.(1): ychosen] Maistrys of Chiualerys.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.29 : Archagallo..was expulsede..and Elidurus the thridde son, a man of mekenesse, was substitute in to the kynge [Trev.: i-made kyng].
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.123 : Seynte Chadde diede..in the thridde yere of his bischopehode, in the stedde of whom Theodorus did substitute Winfridus, the diacon of Seynte Chadde, whom he deposide soone..and substitute in his place Sexwulphus.
- c1525 Rule & T.St.Francis(2) (Fst D.4)568 : He resceivethe money by a meane persone that substitutythe and ordeynithe an other persone in his name to resceive the money.
- c1525 Rule & T.St.Francis(2) (Fst D.4)570 : The bretherne oȝte to obteyne lycens of hym that gevithe yt if nede be he substitute or ordeyne a nother man in his name to doo the almys.