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单词 apay
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apayv.

/əˈpeɪ/
Forms: Middle English apaie, Middle English apaye, apey, 1500s appaie, Middle English–1600s appay, apay.
Etymology: < Old French apay-er, apai-er (Provençal apaiar , apagar ), < late Latin *adpācāre , < ad to, completely + pācāre to please, satisfy, originally to pacify, < pāc-em peace (compare appease v. and pay v.1). After 1500 often refashioned as ap-pay : see ap- prefix1. Since 1700, found only in past participle, as a poetic archaism: see apaid adj.
archaic.
1. To satisfy, content, please. archaic.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)]
i-quemec893
ywortheOE
queemeOE
likeOE
likeOE
paya1200
gamec1225
lustc1230
apaya1250
savoura1300
feastc1300
comfort1303
glew1303
pleasec1350
ticklec1386
feedc1400
agreea1413
agreec1425
emplessc1450
gree1468
applease1470
complaire1477
enjoy1485
warm1526
to claw the ears1549
content1552
pleasure1556
oblect?1567
relish1567
gratify1569
sweeta1575
promerit1582
tinkle1582
tastea1586
aggrate1590
gratulatea1592
greeta1592
grace1595
arride1600
complease1604
honey1604
agrade1611
oblectate1611
oblige1652
placentiate1694
flatter1695
to shine up to1882
fancy-
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy
paya1200
apaya1250
pleasec1350
assythc1375
savourc1390
filsen?a1425
satisfy?a1425
sufficec1430
satify1434
applease1470
content1477
assethe1481
appetite1509
syth1513
satisfice?1531
gratify1569
gree1570
explenish1573
promerit1582
accommodate1624
placentiate1694
a1250 Meid. Marg. li I sende him to þe, To turne þine herte ant apaie me.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1249 She elleswhere hath now hire herte apeyde.
a1440 Sir Degrev. 574 Other ladyes wolde say, Myȝthe no womman the apay.
c1550 J. Bale Sel. Wks. (1849) 116 The priest of this house~hold would be full well apayd both with you and with me.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 302 To goe about to please and appay divine goodnes.
1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 76 Well appaid With what her greedy thoughts had tasted on.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 32 Or all is nought..Or of my tale shall ye be well apaid.
2. To repay, requite. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > gratitude > thank [verb (transitive)] > make grateful return for
yield971
apay1484
thanka1500
repay1587
retaliate1611
retally1639
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxii. 88 Thenne was the good man wel apayed by the falsnes of the old woman.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. v. sig. Q4v Eke with gratefull seruice me right well apay . View more context for this quotation
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. iii. 210 The Gods..reward & appay thee.
1631 F. Quarles Hist. Samson 290 E're he can appay His wrong with timely vengeance.
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