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▪ I. † sape, n.
Obs. Anglicized form of sapa.
c1440Pallad. on Husb. iii. 1142 In water first this opium relent Of sape until it have similitude. 1642A. Ross Mel Heliconium (1643) 56 Let me taste of that sweet sape Which dropp'd from this squeezed grape. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 102 Make them into conserves, sapes, and syrups. 1657Physical Dict., Sapes, are medicinated juyces which having been pressed out of fruits and herbs, have been brought to a consistency by standing in the sun.
▪ II. † sape, v.1 Obs.
Also 7 pa. tense sapped.
[Of obscure origin: cf. dial. sap, ‘to drench, soak’ (E.D.D.); also sop v.]
intr. ? To be steeped (in sin, etc.). Hence † saped ppl. a.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xvii. 14 The men..whom thou hast suffered too sit saping too long in the dregges of their prosperitie [orig. quos nimis diu in prosperitatis suæ fæcibus residere passus es]. 1583― Calvin on Deut. v. xxxii. 191 Such as..are caryed away with their owne leawdnesse, and as it were saped in their sinnes [Fr. qui se sont transportez en leurs iniquitez, et y sont comme confits]. 1587― De Mornay i. 11 Saped in wickednesse [Fr. confites en meschancetez]. 1633D. R[ogers] Treat. Sacram. ii. 30 Say not, there is no hope for so saped a wretch as thou. 1642― Naaman 175 When she is sapped and soked in Selfe. 1693Evelyn De La Quint. Compl. Gard., Dict., Saped,..is any thing that is too much soaked in water.
▪ III. † sape, v.2 burlesque nonce-wd.
[ad. L. sapĕre.]
intr. To be wise.
1694Motteux Rabelais V. 252 If then you sape, as we are cogitating [Fr. Et si tu es (comme cogitons) sage].
▪ IV. sape
obs. form of sap n.1, shape, soap. |