Obs. Also 4 fayte(n. [? Back-formation from FAITOUR.]

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  1.  intr. To act or speak falsely, use false pretences; to beg on false pretences.

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c. 1320.  Sir Tristr., 3054. Falsly canestow fayt.

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1377.  Langl., P. Pl., B. XV. 208. Alle suche þei faiten. Ibid. (1393), C. I. 43. Faytynge for hure fode.

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  2.  trans. To deceive, lead astray.

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c. 1430.  Hymns Virg. (1867), 76.

        This worlde haþ me in awaite,
And biddiþ me quite þat is past;
My fleissche in ouerhope wolde me faite,
And into wanhope it wolde me caste.

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  Hence Faiting vbl. sb., deceit, pretence.

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1377.  Langl., P. Pl., B. X. 38. But þo þat feynen hem folis, and with faityng libbeth.

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