Middle English Dictionary Entry
successī̆flī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | successī̆flī adv. Also succesiveli, successeveli, sussessifli, (error) fac cessiuelye. |
| Etymology | From successī̆f adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) By right of succession, in turn; (b) one after another, in succession; (c) with the passage of time, in the course of time; gradually, by degrees; (d) afterward, at a succeeding time.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.195 : After that the realme descendede successiuely to Ericthonius.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)168a/a : Þise þingez subtily y-poudred, in medling oile & acete successiuely [Ch.(2): one after anoþer; L successiue] & litely in leding it longe in a morter be þer made an oynement.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)44a/a : Y wille schewe þe vtilites..of euerie partie of þe heued and þen of alle þe bodie successiuelye.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)160a/a : Þen it is leffulle and comaunded for to chaunge to anoþer medicyne oþer to take oþire medicines fac cessiuelye [read: successiuelye] þe whiche ben of þe same myȝte and vertue.
- (1439) EEWills114/7 : I wyll that Thomas Gloucestre my brother..and the wardeyns of Seynt Austyns chirch a-fore-saide sussessiffly beyng, haue the gouernance of the saide wex and light.
- (1455) RParl.5.317b : John Rome..John Bate, and Thomas Kirkeby, beyng successively Clerkes of the Parlement, had xl li. yerely by wey of annuytee.
- (1461) RParl.5.476a : After..consideryng..the oold bookes..courtrolles, particuler accomptes bookes called the Pipes, of the dayes of xv Bisshops successively oon aftre an other..It was advised..that the seid Tenauntes..ought to paye their Rents.
- (1461) RParl.5.489a : Henry the iiiith, Henry the vth his son, and Henry the vith his son, late in dede and not in right successevely Kynges of Englond.
- (1472-3) RParl.6.57a : It is enacte..that the same Maire..yeld accompte..in the fourme ensuyng..to begyn and finish, in every iid yere of the same yeres, the same accompt for the first yere precedent, and so successyvely duryng the same xvi yeres.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)27/31 : Eata beynge stylle at Dorchestur, whoos see aftir his dethe heldyn successyfly the bysshopes of Lyndesseye iii hundryd yere and iiii and L.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)48a/b : As aquose comeþ successyuely [Ch.(2): softely; L successiue], so ventose comeþ sodanly.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)78b/b : Bi þe ministre couenable, in puttyng outward wiþ his handez, al þe wonde be comprehended, & in discoueryng successyuely [Ch.(2): by and by; L successiue] al þe wonde be sewed by þe leche certanly.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)95b/a : Be þai not take away altogider but successyuely, And it is more biluffed to Maister Arnald þat þai be take away litel by litel wiþ swete or softe corrosyuez.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)5507 : Þus aftyr by processe successyfly Wyth Cryst she grew in swych famyliaryte That hyr he chershyd ryht syngulerly.
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)52/27 : In this wise enterid in þe Snake of Wantruste..whiche causid eueryche to haue false suspecion of oþer; and þis began to kyndely [vr. kyndill] þe hote maliciows fire of envie, indvcynge in successiflyche werre and debate among hem selfe.
- (1474) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3282 : Henry..notwithstandyng his simplenesse of witte, stode ever in glorie and honour while the werre was contynued by yonde; and, that left, successively all fell to decay.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)6.6 (v.1:p.81) : In the este appierid thre sunnys distinctly, and successifly thei knytt togider al thre in oon.
- a1475 Prk.Weather & Moon in NM 58 (Brog 2.1)122 : Somtyme in þe firmament þer apperithe a fire like unto a pyler, whos mater was nat taken up all togyder, but successyfly.
d
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)175a/a : It corrodiþ riȝte wel & leueþ ane escare, and ȝif it be leide to ofte times successiuelye when þe escare is aweie, it heleþ olde cancry sores.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)28/42 : Jff itt be leyd to oft tymes succesyuely in soch tyme when the escarþ is away, hitt helyth ryght wele old cancry sores.