apeiren

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • apeyren

Etymology

From Old French empeirier, empoirier, from Late Latin peiōrō.

Verb

apeiren (third-person singular simple present apeireth, present participle apeirende, apeirynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle apeired)

  1. damage
  2. 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)

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