Middle English Dictionary Entry
complishment n.
Entry Info
| Forms | complishment n. Also complesh-. |
| Etymology | OF complissement |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Execution; completion; (b) something that completes a whole, a necessary part.
Associated quotations
a
- (1427) Proc.Privy C.3.261 : Þe finale complisshment of alle þe said appointementes.
- (1458) Will York in Sur.Soc.30228 : Alle his..godes..not in this present wille otherwise legate or disposed, to be solde for the complishment of this will.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)15a/a : [Þe hert] is forsoþ þe instrument of al vertues of þe body & of þe soule & þe compleshment & þe bande.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)39a/b : Kynde haþ addid to it [the liver] cruddide blood to complesement of sufficient quantite.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)36a/a : Þe lungis..weren so litil & so symple to his complesement, þerfore þer was addid to hem liȝt fleisch & spoungyouse.
Note: New spelling: Also..complesement.
Note: Belong to sense (a).--notes per MLL