apeiren
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French empeirier, empoirier, from Late Latin peiōrō.
Verb edit
apeiren (third-person singular simple present apeireth, present participle apeirende, apeirynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle apeired)
- damage
- perish
- 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, Trolius and Criseyde, 2.329
- What mende ye, though that we booth appaire?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, Trolius and Criseyde, 2.329
References edit
- “apeiren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.