"appair" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: appairs [present, singular, third-person], appairing [participle, present], appaired [participle, past], appaired [past]
Etymology: From Middle English apeiren, from Old French empeirier (modern French empirer). See impair. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|apeiren}} Middle English apeiren, {{der|en|fro|empeirier}} Old French empeirier, {{cog|fr|empirer}} French empirer Head templates: {{en-verb}} appair (third-person singular simple present appairs, present participle appairing, simple past and past participle appaired)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To make worse; to injure or damage. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-appair-en-verb-MyHfj4-C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become impaired; to grow worse. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-appair-en-verb-wgechiXn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Inflected forms

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