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appay

appay is the obsolete form 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.

Forms of appay

third-person singular presentappays
present participleappaying
past participleappayed
pastappayed
past participleappaid
pastappaid

Questions about appay

What is appay the obsolete form of?
Appay is the obsolete form of apay.

Words near appay in the dictionary

  1. appauled
  2. appaumee
  3. appaumy
  4. appaumé
  5. appaumée
  6. appay
  7. appayed
  8. appaying
  9. appays
  10. appaz
  11. appbar

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