Middle English Dictionary Entry
aggregāten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | aggregāten v. P. & ppl. aggregāt. |
| Etymology | From L ppl. aggregāt-um. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To combine, collect, or gather (persons, things, qualities, etc.) into one body or sum.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)19b/b : In þe fote bene 2 sheltronez or wardez of bonez. In þe first ward bene 3 bonez aggregate i. gadred to gider roundly.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)133a/b : It is to be war of metez which aggregateþ [L aggregant] i. gadreth in hem þise 3 proprieteez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)152b/b : In þe grete Anditotary of Azaran..he shal fynde a thowsand thousandez of olde helpez aggregate i. gadred togider.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.1/17 : Thys chirche..fundid Rayer of goode remembraunce and..agregat to-gidire religiouse men and to them was prelate.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)5 : Alle vertues in hym wern aggregat.
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)384 : In sum place in priuate persone, and in sum place in comunte or persone aggregate..þe clergi occupieþ þe seculer lordeschip.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.261 : Whiche yeres alle aggregrate [Trev.: i-sommed] to gedre make cccclxxv yere of the sonne.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)16 : Þe kirk fiȝting in þis world, aggregat or gedred to gidre in on of Crist.
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)50a : In our coniunctione four elementes muste be aggregate.
2.
Med. and surg. (a) Of pus, humors, etc.: to gather, come to a head, form a pustule; (b) to make (the lips of a wound or sore) grow together, heal (a wound) as by conglutination.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)20b/b : Aposteme is a bolnyng out of kynde..in which is aggregate [L aggregata; *Ch.(2): gadred to gedre] som materie fillyng & strecching.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)49a/b : Þe humourez may liȝtly be drawen out & be noȝt aggregate, þat þai be y made fistulez in þe place.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)172a/b : Thre bene comon actez & doyngez necessarie in Cure of woundez & of vlcerez; ffirst is for to incarne, aggregate [L aggregare] or geder togider, & consolde..lippes disioyned.