Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WA'PED
WAP'A-CUTWAP'EN-TAKE, or WAP'EN-TAC
WA'PED, a. [from the root of L. vapulo, to strike, and awhap, whap, which the common people in New England use and pronounce whop.]
Dejected; cast down; crushed by misery. [Not in use.] – Shak.
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