Middle English Dictionary Entry
construcciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | construcciǒun n. Also construction. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. & rhet. (a) Formation or construction of a sentence; rightful (order of) ~, normal order of syntactic elements; (b) a rhetorical figure; figure of ~.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450(a1397) WBible(2) GProl.(Cmb Mm.2.15)p.57 : Whanne riȝtful construccioun is lettid bi relacion, I resolue it openli, thus.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)98 : In how many maners schalt thou by gynne to make Latyn? By foure, by ryghtfull order of construccyon: by a nominatyf case..by the vocatyf case, by an ablatyf case absolute, or by a verbe inpersonall..In how many maners is the ryghtfull order of construccyon y lette? By fyve: by askyng..by relacion..by negacyon, as noman [etc.].
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)114 : Whenne I haue a propre name of a toun or cyte..comyng in construccion after a verbe..he schall be put in the voys of the ablatyf case..as 'sum Cartagine qui quondam fui Londonijs'.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.174 : I ne can Folwen Guydo..To schewe his stile in my transmutacioun, Word by word lyche þe construccioun, After þe maner of gramariens.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)35b/b : Istrologia, ordre of construccion.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)118 : How many ffygures of construccion haste? Fyue, viz. prolempcis, silempcis, zeuma, antitecis, & sintecis.
2.
(a) Translation (of Latin into English) for the sake of interpretation; (b) interpretation or explanation (of a statute, a text).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.161 : Iohn Cornwaile..chaunged þe lore in gramer scole, and construccioun of Frensche in to Englische.
b
- (1472-5) RParl.6.163a : If any doute or question growe or falle in the interpretations and constructions of the forseid Articles.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)75 : Construccion: construccio, exposicio.
3.
(a) Construction (of a building); ?also, establishment (of monasteries, a bishop's see); (b) accumulation (of knowledge), organization (of a science); (c) physiol. complexion, constitution.
Associated quotations
a
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)81/20 : The construccion of monasteriis.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.243 : The langage were confusede in his daies in the construccion of the towre of Babel.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6/5 : Kyngilsus kynge assignede alle the londe of vii myles in a circuite to the construccioun [L ad constructionem] of the bischoppes seete of Wynchestre, and to the sustentation of his ministres.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)0a/b : Sciencez forsoþ bene made by additamentz..Þer is þerfor in construccions & assumacions i. somyngez vnite.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)53a/b : In þe bodiez of hem þat suffreþ þe Idropisy & malice of construccioun.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1811 : Wyth Gramer was foure ladyes..Dame Ortography..Ther was..gentyll Etymology, Diasintastica [read: Diascevastica] and Prosody..The thryd did teche parfyte construcciown.
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