Middle English Dictionary Entry
wītāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | wītāble adj. |
| Etymology | From wīten v.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Blameworthy; open to censure;
(b) imputable.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)346 : Y can not se þat þis cause here afore alleggid haþ place forto make men as now is seid wijtable of fleischly synne.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)95/34 : If a man be born into a febilnesse of bodi…what, is he þerfore witable morali?
b
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)157/10 : Whanne…þe ignoraunce which is cause of a deede was not ouercomeable and avoidable of þe doer…þilk ignoraunce is not to þe doer wijtable.