Middle English Dictionary Entry
commū̆nicatī̆f adj.
Entry Info
Forms | commū̆nicatī̆f adj. |
Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Diffusive; (b) contagious.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)119a/a : Liȝt is..most profitable, most glad, & most comunycatif.
b
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)22 : Þe comunicatise [read: comunicatife] doctrine of broþer.