payed

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old French paier.

Verb

payed

  1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of pay
    • 1616William Shakespeare, Last will and testament
      ...and the use and proffitt therof cominge shalbe payed to my saied Sister Jone...
    • 1836Frederick Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy, ch 25
      It was but just in time, for, as the frigate flew round, describing a circle, as she payed off before the wind, they could perceive the breakers lashing the precipitous coast, not two cables' length from them.

Etymology 2

From Old French peier.

Verb

payed

  1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of pay
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