Middle English Dictionary Entry
congrū adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | congrū adj. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Suitable, appropriate (action); proper (time); correct (name); (b) correct or logical (premise, deduction).
Associated quotations
a
- (1420) Proc.Privy C.2.273 : Lasse than hastly..congrue remedie be ordeignyd and had.
- (1424) Let.Bk.Lond.I (Gldh LetBk I)294 : That the takyng be made in congru manere, without duresse..or other vilany.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)158 : If it were congrue and accordyng þat þilk dede beyng in oure owne natural power schuld availe þe removing..of þe seid jugement.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)77/16 : The last day of Seynt Gilbert lif was a Sattirday; we schuld clepe it a Sabat-day be þe mor congrue name.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)30 : It semiþ hem to preche, it is profit to bles, it is congrew to sacre.
- c1525 Rule & T.St.Francis(2) (Fst D.4)575 : We warne..the bretherne that in tyme congrewe they geve them self to deuotion.
b
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)1538 : Premyssys congrew..Of Old philisoffres.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)38aa : Our lord, cursyng then, began at the serpente, kepyng an ordre & congrue nombre of curses.
Note: Modify sense: 'corresponding, equivalent.'
Note: God cursed each participant in the Fall with a number of curses corresponding to the number of trespasses committed by him or her.