† guerpe, guerpish, v. Obs.
[ad. OF. guerpir (or the lengthened stem guerpiss-) to throw away, f. the Teutonic stem represented in Eng. by warp.]
trans. To abandon, forsake.
| 1483 Caxton G. de la Tour cxxix. L viij b, They shalle not gwerpysshe or leue eche other for none other better or worse. 1646 J. Cooke Vind. Law 33 The learned Serjeants..shall guerpe and abandon the cause. |