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apays

apays is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 apays

What is apays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Apays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of apay.

Words near apays in the dictionary

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

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