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apaid

apaid is the simple past and past participle of apay.

Meaning of apay

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To 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. (obsolete) To repay.

Questions about apaid

What is apaid the simple past and past participle of?
Apaid is the simple past and past participle of apay.

Words near apaid in the dictionary

  1. apahacked
  2. apahacking
  3. apahacks
  4. Apahida
  5. apaht
  6. apaid
  7. apala
  8. Apalachee
  9. Apalachees
  10. Apalachicola
  11. Apalachin

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