See also: apāy

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Etymology edit

From Middle English apaien, from Old French apaiier (to appease). See Latin pax (peace).

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apay (third-person singular simple present apays, present participle apaying, simple past and past participle apayed or apaid)

  1. (archaic) To satisfy, please.
  2. (obsolete) To repay.

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Crimean Tatar edit

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apay

  1. woman, wife

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Pronoun edit

apay

  1. (interrogative) why

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apay

  1. (interrogative) why

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apay

  1. (transitive) to carry
  2. (transitive) to transport
  3. (transitive) to surpass
  4. (transitive) to lead

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Scots edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle English apaie/apaye, from Old French apayer/apaier.

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apay (third-person singular simple present apayis, present participle apaying/apayand, simple past appayit/apayed, past participle appayit/apayed) (Middle Scots, transitive)

  1. To please, satisfy
    • 1550, Rolland, J. Ct. Venus, Ane Treatise callit The Court of Venus[1]:
      Dame Venus, … but dreid, Was weill appayit
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Further reading edit

  • apay” in Scots Dictionary