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apay
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English apaien, from Old French apaiier (“to appease”). See Latin pax (“peace”).
Pronunciation
Verb
apay (third-person singular simple present apays, present participle apaying, simple past and past participle apayed or apaid)
- (archaic) To satisfy, please.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- It was a strange conceit, with our owne affliction to goe about to please and appay divine goodnesse.
- (obsolete) To repay.
Anagrams
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Abau
Pronunciation
Adverb
apay
References
Crimean Tatar
Noun
apay
Declension
Synonyms
Dupaningan Agta
Pronoun
apay
- (interrogative) why
Ilocano
Pronoun
apay
- (interrogative) why
Middle Scots
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English apaie/apaye, from Old French apayer/apaier.
Pronunciation
Verb
apay (transitive)
- To please, satisfy
- 1550, Rolland, J. Ct. Venus, Ane Treatise callit The Court of Venus:
- Dame Venus, … but dreid, Was weill appayit
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “apay” in Scots Dictionary
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Quechua
Verb
apay
- (transitive) to carry
- (transitive) to transport
- (transitive) to surpass
- (transitive) to lead
Conjugation
1 The conjugation -niku is only for the Ayacucho-Chanca variety.
2 The form -sun refers to "you and I together", while the form -sunchik refers to "you and I and other people".
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