AWHAPE

Etymology

Verb

awhape (third-person singular simple present awhapes, present participle awhaping, simple past and past participle awhaped)

(transitive, obsolete) To confound; to terrify; to amaze.

Source: Wiktionary


A*whape", v. t. Etym: [Cf. whap blow.]

Definition: To confound; to terrify; to amaze. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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