baulk

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

v. trans.

Cause to fail: P. and V. σφάλλειν.

Baulk of: P. and V. ψεύδειν (τινά τινος), P. ἐκκρούειν (τινά τινος); see baffle.

Be baulked of: see lose.

In sooth much have my hopes baulked me of my reckoning: V. ἦ πολύ με δόξης ἐξέπαισαν ἐλπίδες (Eur., H. F. 460).