- céapian
- \céapian1 wv/t2 1. to bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing; 2. buy; 3. to bribe, endeavor to bribe; giftum \céapian to bribe with gifts
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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cheapen — cheapener, n. /chee peuhn/, v.t. 1. to make cheap or cheaper. 2. to lower in esteem; bring into contempt: Constant swearing cheapened him. 3. to decrease the quality or beauty of; make inferior or vulgar: She cheapened the dress by adding a… … Universalium
chop — chop1 /chop/, v., chopped, chopping, n. v.t. 1. to cut or sever with a quick, heavy blow or a series of blows, using an ax, hatchet, etc. (often fol. by down, off, etc.): to chop down a tree. 2. to make or prepare for use by so cutting: to chop… … Universalium
coup — coup1 /kooh/, n., pl. coups /koohz/; Fr. /kooh/. 1. a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment. 2. (among the Plains Indians of North America) a brave or reckless deed performed in battle by a single… … Universalium
Chap — 1) [ceap]. To buy and sell; to bargain or trade. [< OldEngl. ceapian = to buy, to bargain] 2) A fellow, a young man; abbr. of *chapman = a purchaser … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
cheap — [16] The adjectival use of cheap in English is quite recent, but the word itself goes back a long way. Its ultimate source is the Latin noun caupō ‘tradesman’, which was borrowed into Germanic in prehistoric times. Among its descendants were… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
chop — There are three distinct words chop in English. The oldest [14] originally meant ‘trade, barter’, but it is now found only in the phrase chop and change. It appears to come from Old English cēapian ‘trade’, which is related to English cheap. Chop … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cheap — (adj.) low in price, that may be bought at small cost, c.1500, from god chep favorable bargain (12c., a translation of Fr. a bon marché), from O.E. ceap (n.) traffic, bargain, a purchase, from ceapian (v.) trade, probably an early Germanic… … Etymology dictionary
chop — {{11}}chop (1) to cut, mid 14c., perhaps from O.Fr. (Picard) choper (O.Fr. coper to cut, cut off, 12c., Mod.Fr. couper), from V.L. *cuppare to behead, from a root meaning head, but influenced in O.Fr. by couper to strike. Related: Chopped;… … Etymology dictionary
cop — {{11}}cop (n.) policeman, 1859, abbreviation of earlier COPPER (Cf. copper) (n.2), 1846, from COP (Cf. cop) (v.). {{12}}cop (v.) 1704, northern British dialect, to seize, to catch, perhaps ultimately from M.Fr. caper seize, to take, from L.… … Etymology dictionary
chaffare — sb. == merchandise. RG. 539. AS. ceapian … Oldest English Words
