v. Obs. rare. Also 6 esbaie. [a. OF. esbaï-r, mod.Fr. (s’)ébahir: see ABASH, of which this is a variant.] trans. To cow, dismay.
1480. Caxton, Ovid’s Met., XIII. xvii. I was moche esbayed and wondred what this might be.
1531. Elyot, Gov., III. xix. 222 b–223. Wherwith [the letter of Parmenio] he [Alexander] beinge nothing esbaied, helde in his handes the letter … and dranke also the medicine.
