Middle English Dictionary Entry
consimile adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | consimile adj. |
| Etymology | L consimilis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Consisting of like parts, homogeneous.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)22/10 : Þe boon is þe first of þe consimile membris, þat is oon of þe smale lymes, þe which ben cold & drie.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)30/17 : Official membris ben maad of þese consimile membris, þe whiche þat ben instrumentes to resonable soule.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)32/16 : Consimile membris..as boonis pelliculis, gristlis, ligamentis, & skyn.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)8a/a : Symple [membrez] forsoþ bene consimile i. like, which be noȝt diuisible in to anoþer spice.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)8a/b : Componed membrez bene þo which ar componed of þe forsaid symple or consimile.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)110a/b : Lepre forsoþ is..Sikenez like or consimile.