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apaying

apaying is the present participle and gerund 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 apaying

What is apaying the present participle and gerund of?
Apaying is the present participle and gerund of apay.

Words near apaying in the dictionary

  1. apauruṣeyās
  2. apaxifylline
  3. apay
  4. Apaya
  5. Apayao
  6. apaying
  7. apays
  8. Apaza
  9. apazine
  10. apazines
  11. apaziquone

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