v. Obs. See also AMAY, ASMAY. [a. OF. esmaie-r to trouble = Pr. esmagar, esmaiar, It. smagare:—med.L. *exmagāre, f. ex- out + -mag- (whence *dismagāre: see DISMAY), usually believed to be of Teut. origin; cf. OHG. magan to be able: see MAY v.] trans. and refl. = DISMAY.
1393. Gower, Conf., I. 281. I am … so distempred and so esmaied. Ibid., II. 239. But Jason wolde him nought esmaie.
1475. Caxton, Jason, 76. Appollo on this … began to rise abasshed and esmayed of this werke. Ibid. (1483), Gold. Leg., 153/2. But he was gretely esmayed how he myght burye the body.
