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† deˈfade, v. Obs.
Also 4 diff-, 5 dyff-. pa. tense and pple. in Sc. defaid, -fayd.
[prob. representing an OF. or AF. *defader, f. des-, de- (de- I. 3, 6) + OF. fader: see fade v.]
1. intr. To lose freshness or fairness; to fade away.
c1325Song of Yesterday 8 in E.E.P. (1862) 133 Þei wene heore honoure and heore hele Schal euer last and neuer diffade. a1400Morte Arth. 3304 Now es my face defadide, and foule is me hapnede. 1470–85Malory Arthur x. lxxxvi, A Palomydes..why arte thow dyffaded thou that was wonte to be called one of the fayrest knyȝtes of the world. 1513Douglas æneis xi. ii. 34 His schene cullour, and figur glaid Is nocht all went, nor his bewte defayd. 1570Levins 9/1 To Defade, deficere.
2. trans. To cause to fade; to deprive of lustre, freshness, or vigour; cf. fade v. 3.
1423Jas. I Kingis Q. clxx, All thing..That may thy ȝouth oppressen or defade. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. xii, Beholde me not that I am swart for the sonne hath defaded me. 1461Liber Pluscard. xi. viii. (Hist. Scot. VII. 383). |