surpay

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verb

To more than compensate for; to outweigh.

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Meanings

verbsurpay (third-person singular simple present surpays, present participle surpaying, simple past and past participle surpaid)

present singular third person surpays · participle present surpaying · participle past surpaid · past surpaid

  1. obsoleteTo more than compensate for; to outweigh.

    for foure faire ones we must kisse fiftie foule: and to a nice or tender stomack, as are those of mine age, one ill kisse doth, surpay [translating surpaie] one good.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.5

Origin

From sur- + pay.

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