Middle English Dictionary Entry
susciten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | susciten v. P. suscited, sussited. |
| Etymology | OF susciter, sussiter; also cp. L suscitāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To rise from the dead, be resurrected; also, restore (the dead) to life.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)52 : Ihesu cryst..In the sixte, Descended doun in to helle..In the seventhe, sussited [F Suscite].
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)128 : Seint nicolas that suscited the thre dede shal neuere haue thee out of myne hondes.