Middle English Dictionary Entry
vertū̆ā̆llī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | vertū̆ā̆llī adv. Also vertuali, vertuelli, virtuali. |
| Etymology | From vertū̆ā̆l adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) With respect to essence; potentially; intrinsically;
(b) in reality, actually; also, with respect to effect (as opposed to actual form), effectively [quot. c1475, 1st];
(c) ?steadfastly; ?consistently.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)442/24 : Þe vertu of God made primordial mater in þe whiche, as it were in massy þinge, þe foure elementis were vertualliche [L potentialiter].
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)47 : Þou art infinit in beyng: wherfore þou muste contene and haue wiþynne þee virtualy al oþir þing þat haþ beyng.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)49 : Vnderstonde ye that localliche, virtualliche, or oother wise?
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)421 : Stalkis & levis which vertually þere-in be May not com forth actually þat Eye myght hem se.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)2031 : Thofe Camfere rosis & thingis colde Haue soote odours, yet auctours tolde How hete virtually incloside is the skylle with purenes of substance whi thei so smylle.
b
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)41 : He schulde be in contynual myserie but if he were comyng to þe eende and to þe parfit good which he naturaly desiriþ or into a noþer better good conteynyng virtuali and parfitly it.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)49 : With inne this bred al the souereyn good is put, Soothliche, nouht ymaginatyfliche, nouht presentatyfliche, nouht vertualliche…but it is put ther inne and contened bodiliche and rialliche presentliche.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)34b/a : The herte haþ þe schap of a pine appil, & it is in þe myddil of þe brest and of al þe body vertuelly as a kyng in þe middil of his rewme.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)34b/b : Þe herte schal be seen in summe dede men as it were settid sumdel variynge from þis place…But in alle oþere þat haueþ herte it is sett riȝt in þe myddil vertuelly.
c
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)161/15 : If a man take a gouernaunce in haunt bi which he schal aftirward do habituali or virtuali, þat is to seie, strengþli, a good deede…schal þilk deede be vertuoseli doon of þilk man?