surpay

English

Etymology

From sur- +‎ pay.

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.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.5:

     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.