awhape

English

Etymology

Compare a- + whap (“a blow”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪp

Verb

awhape (third-person singular simple present awhapes, present participle awhaping, simple past and past participle awhaped)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To confound; to terrify; to amaze.

References

• “awhape”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.