v. Obs. Forms: 1 bepǽcan, 2–3 bipeche(n. Pa. t. 2–3 bipehte. Pa. pple. 1 bepǽht, 2–3 be-, bipaht, -pauht, 3 bipeiȝte. [OE. bepǽcan, f. bi-, BE- + pǽcan to deceive.]
trans. To cheat, deceive, delude.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. ii. 16. For þam þe he bepæht wæs fram þam tungel-witeʓum.
1154. O. E. Chron. (Laud MS.), an. 1132. Te king was welneh bepaht.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 213. In chepinge man bipecheð oðer.
a. 1300. Fragm. Sev. Sins, in E. E. P. (1862), 19. Þer is mani man bipeiȝte.
Hence † Bipeching vbl. sb., deception, fraud.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 213. Þe grune of hindre . þat is of bipeching.
