Middle English Dictionary Entry
commissen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | commissen v. Also commisen. |
| Etymology | From the ppl. L commissus & OF comis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To commit (a wrong); (b) to commission (an officer).
Associated quotations
a
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)92/32 : Of him that hathe commysed grete wikkidnes and dothe litille iustice.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)38bb : Lameth..was the..werst, for he brought in fyrst bygamye and by hym was comysid first aduoultrye ayenst the lawe of god and of nature.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)42ab : O ye my brethern, I beseche you þat ye wyll not doo ne commyse thise wicked synne on them.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)60ba : Ther is mor synne commysed on the sonday and holy dayes and festes than in the other werke dayes.
b
- a1470 Ordin.War Hen.V in RS 55.1 (Lnsd 285)470 : The Kynges seriauntes..or eny other officers made by Conestables..or by eny oþer officers commissed.