"apay" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈpeɪ/ [UK] Forms: apays [present, singular, third-person], apaying [participle, present], apayed [participle, past], apayed [past], apaid [participle, past], apaid [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English apaien, from Old French apaiier (“to appease”). See Latin pax (“peace”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|apaien}} Middle English apaien, {{der|en|fro|apaiier||to appease}} Old French apaiier (“to appease”), {{der|en|la|pax||peace}} Latin pax (“peace”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=apaid}} apay (third-person singular simple present apays, present participle apaying, simple past and past participle apayed or apaid)
  1. (archaic) To satisfy, please. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-apay-en-verb-NqMIxKvi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28
  2. (obsolete) To repay. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-apay-en-verb-~Bo3pgM0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: appay

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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