trepan

2
[ trih-pan ]
/ trɪˈpæn /
Archaic.

noun

a person who ensnares or entraps others.
a stratagem; a trap.

verb (used with object), tre·panned, tre·pan·ning.

to ensnare or entrap.
to entice.
to cheat or swindle.
Also tra·pan [truh-pan] /trəˈpæn/.

Origin of trepan

2
1635–45; earlier trapan, equivalent to trap1 + -an < ?

OTHER WORDS FROM trepan

trep·a·na·tion, trap·a·na·tion [trep-uh-ney-shuh n] /ˌtrɛp əˈneɪ ʃən/, noun tre·pan·ner, tra·pan·ner, noun

Words nearby trepan

trental, trente et quarante, trentino-alto adige, trento, trenton, trepan, trepang, trephination, trephine, trepid, trepidant

British Dictionary definitions for trapan (1 of 3)

trapan
/ (trəˈpæn) /

verb, noun -pans, -panning or -panned

a variant spelling of trepan 1 (def. 2)

Derived forms of trapan

trapanner, noun

British Dictionary definitions for trapan (2 of 3)

trepan 1
/ (trɪˈpæn) /

noun

surgery an instrument resembling a carpenter's brace and bit formerly used to remove circular sections of bone (esp from the skull) Compare trephine
a tool for cutting out circular blanks or for making grooves around a fixed centre
  1. the operation of cutting a hole with such a tool
  2. the hole so produced

verb -pans, -panning or -panned (tr)

to cut (a hole or groove) with a trepan
surgery another word for trephine

Derived forms of trepan

trepanation (ˌtrɛpəˈneɪʃən), noun trepanner, noun

Word Origin for trepan

C14: from Medieval Latin trepanum rotary saw, from Greek trupanon auger, from trupan to bore, from trupa a hole

British Dictionary definitions for trapan (3 of 3)

trepan 2

trapan (trəˈpæn)

/ (trɪˈpæn) archaic /

verb -pans, -panning or -panned (tr)

to entice, ensnare, or entrap
to swindle or cheat

noun

a person or thing that traps

Word Origin for trepan

C17: of uncertain origin

Medical definitions for trapan

trepan
[ trĭ-păn′ ]

n.

A trephine.

v.

To trephine.