| 释义 |
† impay, v. Obs.
[f. im-1 + pay v.: app. after It. impagare ‘to pay home throughly’ (Florio).]
trans. To ‘pay home’, pay to the full what has been expended, reimburse, recoup.
1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits xiii. (1596) 229 It is a thing..vsed..to say such a one hath well impaied his trauaile, when he is well paied. |
