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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Jap(e, Jaip, v. [ME. jape (1362), to trick, befool, to seduce, to jest, etc.; of obscure derivation. Cf. the noun.]

1. tr. To befool (a woman), to seduce.(a) c1475 Wall. vi. 154.
Thi deme has beyne japyt or thow was born a1568 Scott iv. 79.
Or scho war kissit plane, Scho leir [= levar, rather] be japit thryis(b) c1420 Wynt. viii. 2044 (E²).
Sa said the freir at iaippit thi wif c1500-c1512 Dunb. xviii. 19.
Be I ane lady fresche and fair [etc.] … Than will thay say, … , That I am jaipit lait and air c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 62.
I think it is no happie lyfe, Ane man to jaip his maisteris wyfe 1573 Sat. P. xxxix. 172.
With wemenis will ȝe do thame lytill wrang; To iaip thame sa, I think it na iniuir

2. intr. a. To play with (a plaything). b. To perform tricks or deceptions (as a conjurer). c. To say or do something in mockery or jest; to jest, joke.a. c1420 Ratis R. 1129.
Sa lang havis child wyl alwaye With flouris for to jap and playeb. c1450-2 Howlat 770.
In com japand the ja, as a juglour, With castis and with cawtelisc. 1513 Doug. ii. ii. 59.
Of the fals flechand Vlixes sa quent, I iape not, for that I say weyll I knaw c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus Prol. 64.
Jocund with joy, and jolyous to jaip, With mockis and mowis of nature as the aip