Middle English Dictionary Entry
concrēt ppl. (& n.)
Entry Info
| Forms | concrēt ppl. (& n.) |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Gram. Denoting a 'substance' rather than a 'quality'; (b) solid, compact.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)9b/a : Nownes concret þat tokeneþ formes in supposet oþir in subiecto beþ concret, as deus, Creator..and tokeneþ generalliche þe essencia of god..Novnes ben I clepid mene þat haueþ þe manere & fourme and significacioun of abstractis but þe vse & offys and witnesse of concretis, as lumen, sapiencia, and oþir swiche.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.189 : Plinius seithe..that somme men lyve alle the body concrete and compacte with boones, with owte eny maro.
- a1500(?1471) *Ripley Epis.Edw.IV (Ashm 759)103b : All the partes of our most preciouse stone..are coessenciall and concrete.