Middle English Dictionary Entry
conjunctī̆f adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | conjunctī̆f adj. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Gram. Subjunctive (mode); (b) producing cohesion, solidifying.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)110 : How many moodes buther? v:..Indicatyf, jmperatyf, optatyf, coniunctyf, and infinityf.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)111 : How knowyst the coniunctyf mode? That at is junyd to an other mode wyth an & coniunccion. Wheche be the wordes of Englys that serue to the coniunctyf mode? Yif, thouȝ, bote, forte, that, whenne.
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1024 : Qwerby knowyst coniunctyf mood? ffor he is joyned to anoþyr verbe or anoþyr verbe is joyned to hym.
b
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1122 : Distyllyng showres swete, Replenysshyng, persyng, and coniunctyf Vnto the erthe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Peniarth Accedence(1) (Pen 356B)4/176 : How knos þu þe coniunctiue mod?
Note: New spelling: Also conjunctive.
Note: Belongs to sense (a).
- a1500 Add.37075 Accedence (Add 37075)47/133 : How know ye the coniunctyff mode? For he joynyth mode to mode, tens to tens.
Note: Additional quote(s)
Note: Belongs to sense (a).--notes per MLL