Middle English Dictionary Entry
consenta(u)nt adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | consenta(u)nt adj. & n. Also consentande, -ende, -int. |
| Etymology | Ppl. of OF consentir. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Agreeing in sentiment; (b) inclined, willing; (c) acquiescent; accessory (to a crime).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ecclus.25.1 : The acord of brethern, and the looue of neȝhebores, and man and womman wel to themself consentende [L consentientes].
b
- c1440 Bonav.Medit.(3) (Thrn)199 : Ther was also in hym þe will of þe resoune, and þat was Obedyent & consentande to dye.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.6 : He was consentant þat Theodorik Schulde regne in Rome.
c
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Ph.(Manly-Rickert)C.276 : The remenant were anhanged moore and lesse That were consentant of this cursednesse.
- a1450(c1400) Wor.Serm.(Wor F.10)39/562 : It nat onliche infectis hym þat doþ it, but also hym þat herith it, ȝif a be consentynt þer-to, & so makis hym boþe valle e dedli synne.
- a1470 Ordin.War Hen.V in RS 55.1 (Lnsd 285)468 : So that thay be not consentant unto the saide defaulte.
2.
As noun: an abettor (in) or accessory (to a crime), conspirator.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)61/6 : Þe consentande [L Conscientes] & þe dede doer schullen haue o peyne.
- (1422) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)10.213a : The consentants and culpables thereof shull lesen the Grace of the said Kings.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)143 : The consentaunte and compabyle of the dethe of the Duke of Burgayne.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Gt.Chron.(Gldh 3313)124 : They…have been consentantes and coupable of the dethe of the Duke of Burgoyne that was last dede.
Note: Needed for date in sense 2.
Note: Revised form section: Also consentaunte, consentint.--per MLL