Middle English Dictionary Entry
tapissen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | tapissen v. |
| Etymology | ?From L tābēscere; cp. MnE dial. tap(p)ish to waste or pine away. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To languish.
Associated quotations
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)70/499 : Þat psalme i radde al wiþ lykyng..Þat sum tyme was a bitter berkere..Aȝeynes lettres goode and mete..And i tapissed [L tabescebam] vndur such lettring.