† esbayv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To cow, dismay.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > dismay
dismay1297
amayc1330
mayc1380
esmay1393
asmayc1420
formayc1470
esbay1480
astonish1535
appal1548
consternate1651
repall1687
aghast1876
1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiii. xvii I was moche esbayed and wondred what this might be.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xviii. sig. eiijv Wherwith [the letter of Parmenio] he [Alexander] beinge nothing esbaied, helde in his handes the letter..and dranke also the medicine.
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