Definitions
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- adjective obsolete Cast down; crushed by misery; dejected.
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- adjective obsolete
downcast ;dejected ; crushed bymisery
Etymologies
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English dialect wape pale, verb, to stupefy, akin to wap to beat. Compare whap and wappened.
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Examples
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Entering, o 'the suddain, into Mercy's chamber, I founde her all be-wept and waped, poring over an old kirtle of mother's she had bidden her re-line with buckram.
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An 'waped it on Oddie's croon [Swung it down]' Gae, tak 'ye that, ye ill-tongued tyke [Hound]
reesetee commented on the word waped
(Obsolete) Cast down; crushed by misery; dejected.
April 12, 2008