Middle English Dictionary Entry
surmīsen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | surmīsen v. P.ppl. surmīsed, -missed, sirmīsed. |
| Etymology | From surmis(e , p.ppl. of OF sormetre, surmettre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Chiefly law (a) To allege (sth., sth. to have been done, that sth. is so), assert; -- also impers.; suspect (sb. of sth.), ?accuse [last quot.]; also, allege; -- used in as clause only; ppl. surmised, alleged; (b) with prep. phrases: ~ on, to charge (sth.) against (sb.), impute (sth.) to (sb.); ~ upon, allege against (sb. that sth. is so).
Associated quotations
a
- (1460) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.26 : William Brandon..surmised how that the said Oliver hadde arrested a manne of his.
- -?-(a1461) Doc.in HMC Rep.3 App.279a : The seid duke articled that..longe before he payed his seid surmised excessive fynaunce, he went to Caleys.
- (c1462) Stonor Suppl.6 : Lowly besekyth your goode lordeship Thomas Hampton, of long tyme passyd..commyttyd unto the ffleete for certeyn injurious surmyssed to be don unto Elizabeth Wynarde.
- (1467) LRed Bk.Bristol1.17 : Clayme and execucion of the same..schuld be cause of over greete empoverysshyng of the seid Maire..and Burgeys, as by thair said peticion is surmysed.
- (1467-8) Contract in OSSLH 4217 : It is surmysed by the seid bill that the seid William, [etc.].
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1195/18 : The quene shall have her lyberte and never for nothyng that hath be surmysed afore thys tyme..stonde in no perell.
- (1475) RParl.6.133b : Other dyvers pouer men..at their costes and charges first digged the said Myne..and not the said Thomas, as he surmiseth.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)191 : Yf hyt were trewe as they surmysyd aftyr ther doyng, I remytte me to ynke and pauper.
- (1482) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.2.p.lxv : John Ferrers hath by craft obteyned and gotyn all the goodes that were of..Robert Johnson, in maner & forme as the same abbot hath sirmysed and declared in his seide byll.
- a1500 Proc.Chanc.in Archaeol.ser.2.610 : Robert Gybson..hath surmisid that your besecher..with force of armys touk and led awey the seid Johan.
- a1525(?1464) Cov.Leet Bk.323 : We..maruayllyng gretely..of your suffrance..yf it be as is surmysid.
- a1600(a1463) Fortescue Title York (Jul F.6)499 : Sir James of Audeley..which was surmised with the gettinge of the said Phillipe, was asked by occasion therof and..was atteined of heigh treason.
b
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2411 : Had ye dwellid within yeur shippis..Then had yee been..quyt of al hir wrong On ȝewe þat been surmysid þurh fals suggestioune.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)3665 : His owne fawte & his owne wrong On beryn he hath surmysid, as previth by his ple.
- (1464) Let.Bk.Lond.L (Gldh LetBk L)52 : Forasmoche as they have not ordenaunces ne Rules..like as other occupacions have, It is surmysed upon theym that often tymes they make theire Bere of unseasonable malt.