Middle English Dictionary Entry
convertīble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | convertīble adj. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Interchangeable, convertible; (b) changeable; (c) easily digestible.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Co.(Manly-Rickert)A.4395 : For thefte and riot, they been conuertible.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.41 : Þis sueþ al oonli whanne antesedent and consequent ben convertiblis in kynde.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1563 : Þow demest lust and loue conuertible.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)108/88 : Aristotel determineth that ende and good ben one, and convertible in understanding.
b
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)742 : As þe fane, þat turnyth wyth þe wynde, so þou art conuertyble.
c
- ?a1450 Lanfranc (Add 12056)75/22 : To hym þat is of an hot & moiste complexioun..ne scholde noȝt be ȝeffen flesch, ffysch, Mylke, eyren, ne no manere conuertyble mete.