Middle English Dictionary Entry
agrẹ̄āble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | agrẹ̄āble adj. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of things: (a) pleasing, pleasant; (b) satisfactory (to sb.); agreeable, acceptable; (c) suitable, convenient.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1468 : So agreable..to the straungers..that..hem thoght it lik a thyng Celestial.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.6.24 : What aggreable thynges is ther [quid placet] in tho dignytees or powers?
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)128 : To them that han i-tastyd galle, Mor aggreable is the hoony soote.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.15 JSMary (Hrl 2255)12 : Of Marie an ymage ful notable..the proporcioun by crafft was agreable.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.94 : Þe sight is faire and agreable.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1097 : But for the rym ys lyght and lewed, Yit make hyt sumwhat agreable.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.767 : An heir Moore agreable than this to my likynge.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)8101 : A-greabyll vn-to all youre entent.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)62/14 : If thou require eny þinge of God, do to him agreable dedis.
- c1450(c1390) Chaucer Ven.(Benson-Robinson)68 : To chese the worthieste in alle wise And most agreable unto myn entente.
- (1461) Paston (Gairdner)3.295 : John Paston and Thomas Hows shall have a signement sufficient to hem aggreabill for the seid payment.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)85 : Yef this be not to yow a-greable.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3134 : Til we sen som agreable day.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)195 : As pilwes been to chaumbris agreable, So is hard strauh litteer for the stable.
2.
Of persons: ready or willing to agree or consent (to sth.); favorably disposed.
Associated quotations
- (1448) Shillingford71 : That the seide mater myght be comyned..to whiche bothe parties at that tyme were aggreable.
- (1467) Paston (Gairdner)4.270 : I kannot in no wyse fynde hyr a greable that ye scholde have her dowter.
- (1474) Let.Christ Ch.in Camd.n.s.1927 : Yee have been agreable and appliable to every thynge for the weell of the matier.
- c1474 Let.Christ Ch.in Camd.n.s.1929 : He woll have made condicions with me, which I wolde not be agreabull to.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)2704 : So longe they haue the Emperour bede, That he is agreable to their rede.