† beˈjape, v. Obs.
[f. be- 2 + jape v.]
trans. To play a trick on; to trick or befool.
| 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xviii. 290 God wil nouȝt be bigiled..ne bi-iaped. c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 727 And hast by⁓japed here the duke Theseus. a 1420 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 112 The smert of thought..hath..so me by-japed. a 1500 Piers of F. 168 in Hazl. E.P.P. II. 8 An olde fowle..May cawse many othyr to be bejaped. |