"pay one's addresses" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: pays one's addresses [present, singular, third-person], paying one's addresses [participle, present], paid one's addresses [participle, past], paid one's addresses [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pay<,,paid> one's addresses}} pay one's addresses (third-person singular simple present pays one's addresses, present participle paying one's addresses, simple past and past participle paid one's addresses)
  1. (now archaic) Of a man, to make respectful approaches to a woman with a view to courting her romantically. Tags: archaic Synonyms: make one's addresses
    Sense id: en-pay_one's_addresses-en-verb-KdVPtBp7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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