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▪ I. betrap, v.1 Obs.|bɪˈtræp| Also 1 betræppan, 3–4 bi-, betrappe(n, 5–6 betrappe. [OE. betręppan, -træppan, f. be- 1 + tręppan to trap. Cf. the later attrap from Fr.] trans. To catch in a trap, entrap, ensnare, circumvent, enclose.
a1000O.E. Chron. an. 992 (MS. C), Meahton hy þone here betreppan [MS. F. betræppan, E. betræppen]. a1225Ancr. R. 174 Beo heo bitrappet [MS. C. bitreppet] þer ute. c1490Caxton Four Sons Aymon xvi. (1885) 384 Ha, ha Reynawde, by my soule ye be now taken & betrapped! 1570Levins Manip. 27 To Betrappe, irretire, circumuenire. 1575Churchyard Chippes (1817) 154 Betrapt in penfold close. [1848Petrie & Stev. tr. O.E. Chron. (1853) 75 Could anywhere betrap the army about.] b. fig.
1393Gower Conf. III. 257 Her innocence to betrappe. 1556Abp. Parker Psalter cxl. 403 Let theyr lippes in crafty wickednes Betrap themselfe. ▪ II. † beˈtrap, v.2 Obs. [f. be- 1 + trap v.2] trans. To furnish (a horse, etc.) with trappings; to deck, adorn. lit. and fig.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xxvii. lviii, Wyth haute courage betrapped fayre and gaye. 1593Nashe Christ's T. Wks. 1883 I. 4 note, Was neuer whore of Babylon so betrapt with abhominations. 1597R. Johnson Sev. Champ. i. xii. 87 A sable-coloured steed, betrapped with bars of burnished gold. |