† aˈpyke,v.Obs.rare. [f. a- prefix 1 intensive + pike v. Cf. Chaucer Prol. C.T. 367 ‘Ful freshe and newe hir gere ypiked was.’] To adorn. c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 1479 Þe pyleres apyked þat praysed hit mony.Ibid. 1637, I schal Apyke þe in porpre cloþe.