v. Obs. [f. BE- 2 + JAPE v.] trans. To play a trick on; to trick or befool.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XVIII. 290. God wil nouȝt be bigiled … ne bi-iaped.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Knt.’s T., 727. And hast byjaped here the duke Theseus.
a. 1420. Occleve, De Reg. Princ., 112. The smert of thought … hath … so me by-japed.
a. 1500. Piers of F., 168, in Hazl., E. P. P., II. 8. An olde fowle … May cawse many othyr to be bejaped.
