Middle English Dictionary Entry
viciāt(e ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | viciāt(e ppl. |
| Etymology | L vitiātus, p.ppl. of vitiāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Marred, vitiated; corrupted; ~ of bodi, having any bodily defect, disfigured [may belong to (b)];
(b) impure, ritually unclean;
(c) of a text: rendered erroneous, made corrupt; also, infected with heresy [2nd quot.].
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.213 : Anastasius…ordeynede that a man viciate [Trev.: i-wemmed] of body scholde not receyve ordres.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)242 : I am thy doughtyr Veryte…Wythoutyn whom thyne eterne deyte Were vycyate thorough imperfeccioun.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1127 : Watyr…ys…cause of lyfe to eche thyng animate, Wythoutyn hym all thyng were vyciate…Vnto powdyr they shuld dysseueryd be.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)140/23 : For nature sliden & viciat by þe first man Adam þoruȝ synne, þe peyne of þat spot haþ comen a doun in to all men.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.427 : Þer were peple in Ierusalem on a holy day un to the nowmbre xxti c ml. and lxxti c ml., withowte peple viciate [Trev.: wiþ wemmes] and pollute, to whom hit was not lawefulle to offre.
c
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)7/21 : Þe elde bokes…þouȝ þei were mad ful treuly, ȝet be þei viciat be þe writeres.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.57 : Peraventur a man wylle obiecte to us his erroures…For oon booke of his is viciate [Trev.: defouled; L violatus] specially…where he understondethe ylle of the Fader.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.183 : Seynte Ierome did translate the Bible…and correcte the psawter…whiche translacion viciate, Seynte Ierom did translate hit ageyne.