Middle English Dictionary Entry
consentement n.
Entry Info
| Forms | consentement n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Consent, approval; ?divine grace [quot.: 1475]; (b) acquiescence, toleration (of sinful desire); (c) abetting; (d) an abettor.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2825 : Þe bischop seyd..'þis swerd who drawe of þe ston, He schal be our king'..Þai ȝaue al her to concentement.
- c1475 St.Anne(2) (Trin-C R.3.21)189 : How gloryous..Ys thys modyr [St. Anne]..Whyche hath brought vs a moder [Mary] most famous..And in hyr includyd the testament Of the hygh heritage by consentement.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)82/28 : Bi þe counsayle & consentement of alle couent & bi þe comaundement of þe Abbes.
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)90/25 : Ther wer the pryueleges..I-graunted heghlygh by consentement of al the comynes.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)11/13 : Þe consentement and þe þoȝtes þerto is dyadlich zenne.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)19/3 : Þe uirtues of þe bodie, and þe þoȝtes and þe consentemens and þe willes of þe zaules wasteþ and despendeþ ine folyes.
c
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.967 : As for enticement or for consentement.
d
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)147 : Uppon payne to losse by hem, or hem that shalle done the contrarye, and hyr consentamentys and compabylys there of, the grace of the marcy of the sayde kyngys.