† beˈwhape, v. Obs.
Only in pa. pple. 4 bewhaped, -whapped, -waped, -vapid.
[f. be- + whape: see awhape, whap.]
trans. To bewilder, amaze, confound utterly.
| c 1320 Sir Beves 1689 The porter was al bewaped. Alas! queth he, is Beues ascaped. 1380 Sir Ferumb. 3037 Þai buþ neȝ be-vapid. 1393 Gower Conf. III. 4 So bewhapped and assoted. Ibid. 378 Thus bewhaped in my thought. |