† aˈcheat, achete, v. Obs.
[Intermediate form between escheat and cheat, with a- prefix 9 = OFr. es-, e-.]
To escheat, confiscate; do one out of.
| c 1430 Lydg. Bochas ii. xiii. 86 a, The treasour of them and of their line Acheted was. c 1440 Prom. Parv., A-chetyn Confiscor. 1460 J. Capgrave Chron. 192 The Kyng..comaunded alle his temporal good to be achetid. |