apay

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UK/əˈpeɪ/

verb

To satisfy, please.

OriginMiddle English apaien ← Old French apaiier ← Latin pax →
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Meanings

verbapay (third-person singular simple present apays, present participle apaying, simple past and past participle apayed or apaid)

present singular third person apays · participle present apaying · participle past apayed · past apayed · participle past apaid · past apaid · alternative appay

  1. archaicTo satisfy, please.

    It was a strange conceit, with our owne affliction to goe about to please and appay divine goodnesse.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. obsoleteTo repay.

Origin

  1. Latinpax“peace”
  2. Old Frenchapaiier“to appease”
  3. Middle Englishapaien
  4. Englishapay

From Middle English apaien, from Old French apaiier (“to appease”). See Latin pax (“peace”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with apay

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Anagrams

payaYapa
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