† warpissv.
Scottish. Obsolete.
transitive. To cast or throw off, to put aside.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)]
to let awaya1000
forcast?c1225
to lay downc1275
forthrow1340
flita1375
removea1382
to cast away1382
understrewc1384
castc1390
to lay awaya1400
to lay asidec1440
slingc1440
warpiss1444
to lay from, offc1480
way-put1496
depose1526
to lay apart1526
to put off1526
to set apart1530
to turn up1541
abandonate?1561
devest1566
dispatch1569
decarta1572
discard1578
to make away1580
to fling away1587
to cast off1597
doff1599
cashier1603
to set by1603
moult1604
excuss1607
retorta1616
divest1639
deposit1646
disentail1667
dismiss1675
slough1845
shed1856
jettison1869
shake1872
offload1900
junk1911
dump1919
sluff1934
bin1940
to put down1944
shitcan1973
1444 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 11 God forbid that yhe suld, for a litil monee that thir Inglismen has promissit yhou, warpiss your gude name.
c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 473 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 14 Bot for þu ȝuthad has warpyst & is parfyt man in cryst, þu sal be callyt machore.
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