Middle English Dictionary Entry
conjunct ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | conjunct ppl. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Connected; (b) related (as kinsmen); (c) joined (in marriage); united (in friendship).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.313 : After Salustius, Scicille was coniuncte somme tyme to Ytaly.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.29 : Marcus Antonius and Lucius Comodus, the sonnes of Antonius Pius..were coniuncte by consanguinite, thauȝhe thei were [not]..childer of oon woman.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6979 : Imenevs, whos power is to bynde Hertis þat ben coniunct in mariage.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)357/74 : Me longith to youre presense now conjunct to the vynte.
2.
(a) Astron. In conjunction; (b) med. cause ~, a corporeal or immediate cause (of a morbid condition).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)111b/b : Ȝif þey [planets] beþ coniunct in fury signes, hit tokeneþ drines.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)115a/a : Whanne he [the moon] is conyunct wiþ þe sonne, he sendiþ noo liȝt to þerþe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)117a/b : Where sterris ben coniunct nygh togedres, he ȝeueþ þe more liȝt.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)64/14 : Þer ben ij maner of causis þat makiþ blood to blede..þe oon cause is clepid cause coniuncte & þe toþer cause antecedent. Þe enchesoun of cause coniuncte is compounned of þe mouþis of þe veynes and arteries.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)99/18 : Of þe whiche drawynge [in cramp]..ben ij causis coniunct: þe toon is repleccioun..þe oþer is inanisioun.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)30b/b : Causez of vdimie ar..on 3 maners: primitiue, as falling & smytyng & yuel gouernance; Antecedent, as multiplying of fleumatic humour; Coniuncte, as fl[eum]e it selfe gadred togider in þe membre.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)80b/b : Causez forsoþ coniuncte ar malicez of complexionz inducte in þe vlcerate particulez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)110b/a : Cause coniuncte [of lepre] is melancolie.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)22a/b : Pustulez…ben litel apostemez, & exiturez coniuncte or seperate [ L coniuncte aut separate] as glandulez.
Note: New spelling: Also conjuncte.
Note: Belongs to sense 1.
Note: Gloss: (d) pathol. of pustules: merging or running together so as to form a mass, confluent.--notes per MLL