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† esbay, v. Obs. rare. Also 6 esbaie. [a. OF. esbaï-r, mod.Fr. (s')ébahir: see abash, of which this is a variant.] trans. To cow, dismay.
1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xiii. xvii, I was moche esbayed and wondred what this might be. 1531Elyot, Gov. iii. xix, Wherwith [the letter of Parmenio] he [Alexander] beinge nothing esbaied, helde in his handes the letter..and dranke also the medicine. |