Middle English Dictionary Entry
complīen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | complīen v. Also complire. Ppl. cumpliȝed, compliȝt, compli. |
| Etymology | OF compli-re, ppl. compli, forms which occur as such in ME rimes. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. complishen.
1.
(a) To fulfill (sth.); (b) to carry out or do (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- 1372 At þe time (Adv 18.7.21)29 : Þan was cumpliȝed Þat be-forn of ihesu crist was ipropheciȝed.
- c1500 Resurrection (Ashm 61)155 : Now it is all comply And full-fylled þe prophesy That seyd Danyell.
- c1500 Resurrection (Ashm 61)184 : Jhesu, blyssed mote þou be..Now is alle complyȝt [rime: one hyȝht].
b
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)96/326 : Þanne nys hyt nauȝt one dea[d]lyche Swych dede to complye, Ac ys þat uoule wyl al so To swyche fylenye.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)52.858 : They..fownden Kyng Marahans..In the Cowrt to-forn kyng lucye, his Apel there forto Complye.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)21544 : Al ȝowre Entent j schal complyre [rime: desire].