Etymology

bejape

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Today it means: To play a trick on; trick or befool. Full definition →

Middle English bejapen
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombejapen
  2. English todaybejape

From Middle English bejapen, bijapen, equivalent to be- + jape. Cognate with Scots bejaip (“to befool”).

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