Middle English Dictionary Entry
conversāt ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | conversāt ppl. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) ben ~ with, to associate with (sb.); be conversant with (sth.); (b) ben ~ after, conduct oneself according to (precepts).
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Eph.2.3 : In þe whyche synnes..we alle are conuersate som tyme in desyres of oure flesch.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)111a/b : If he be of þe kynde of leprose men or if he be conuersate [L conuersatus; *Ch.(2): haue companyed] with hem.
b
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Phil.3.6 : Pursuande þe kyrke of god..conuersate [L conversatus] withoute pleynte after þe rightwisnes þat is in þe lawe.