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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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Apay, Appay, v. [ME. apaie, apaye (13th c.), OF. apaier, apayer.] tr. To please, satisfy. — 15.. Clariodus i. 1534.
I hald me weill apayed c1550 Rolland Court of Venus iv. 169.
Dame Venus, … but dreid, Was weill appayit
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