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English
Etymology
From off- + cap.
Verb
offcap (third-person singular simple present offcaps, present participle offcapping, simple past and past participle offcapped)
- (rare or obsolete) To take off the cap by way of obeisance or salutation.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Three Great-ones of the Cittie,
(In perſonall ſuite to make me his Lieutenant)
Off-capt to him
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