Middle English Dictionary Entry
commū̆nicāt ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | commū̆nicāt ppl. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Communicated, extrinsic (cause); (b) common in kind, similar.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)132a/a : Somtyme forsoþ it [humour] descendeþ fro þe stomac & brayne in fourme of fume..And þan..it is seid to be made of a cause coniuncte or communicate.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)136b/b : Somtyme it [stinking of breþe] is made for cause comonicate & delegate fro þe brayne.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)137b/a : Causez..som tyme ar priuate, somtyme ar commonicate.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)81b/b : More ouer þu owe to witte þat, as domez of wondez ar communicate to þise [vlcerez], so þise to hem.