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surpays

surpays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of surpay.

Meaning of surpay

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To 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

Questions about surpays

What is surpays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Surpays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of surpay.

Words near surpays in the dictionary

  1. surpassingly
  2. surpassingness
  3. surpassings
  4. surpassive
  5. surpay
  6. surpays
  7. surpeti
  8. surpetis
  9. surplice
  10. surpliced
  11. surplices

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