Middle English Dictionary Entry
suggen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | suggen v. P.ppl. sugged, -et. |
| Etymology | ML suggere, var. of L sūgere; cp. ME sǒouken v. & sūgen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To absorb (sth.).
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)69b/b : Put aboue þe lichinez a softe gobet or pece of spongie þat þe sanie be sugged [vr. sugget] and receyued bi it.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)76b/a : Consolde it holdyng euermore old cotone..in þe orifice of þe wonde þat it sugge [Ch.(2): souke; L suggat] þat þat goþ out of it of þe humiditeez.