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mispay, v.
[a. OF. mespai-er: see mis-2 and pay v.1]
†1. trans. To displease, dissatisfy; to anger, irritate. Obs.
a1225Ancr. R. 198 Hwose..is wel ipaied ᵹif heo is ipreised, & mis-ipaied ᵹif heo nis itold swuch ase heo wolde. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 7811 So þe barons þem nought mispaye, Ne þe comun folk affraye. a1340Hampole Psalter cxxxviii. 23 If thou see any thynge in my way that is mispayand til the. c1440York Myst. v. 64 To do is us full lothe, Þat shuld oure god myspaye. 1493Dives & Pauper ii. xix. i vj, If thou..art nat myspayed whan thou heryst them [sc. oaths], thou takest goddes name in veyne.
2. To pay by mistake.
1698Lond. Gaz. No. 3369/4 Whoever has Mispaid such a Bill, let him enquire of John Brassey. |