Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēpīlen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dēpīlen v. |
| Etymology | L dēpilāre |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To deprive (sth.) of hair, depilate.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)111a/b : Consider he..his browez if þai be depiled or hereles [L depilata].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)124a/a : He commaunded for to frote þe placez to be depilled [*Ch.(2): vnhered], & he shal depille hem.