"bejape" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bejapes [present, singular, third-person], bejaping [participle, present], bejaped [participle, past], bejaped [past]
Etymology: From Middle English bejapen, bijapen, equivalent to be- + jape. Cognate with Scots bejaip (“to befool”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bejapen}} Middle English bejapen, {{prefix|en|be|jape}} be- + jape, {{cog|sco|bejaip||to befool}} Scots bejaip (“to befool”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bejape (third-person singular simple present bejapes, present participle bejaping, simple past and past participle bejaped)
  1. (transitive, rare, UK dialectal) To play a trick on; trick or befool. Tags: UK, dialectal, rare, transitive

Inflected forms

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