Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To undo; annul by payment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To undo, take back, or annul, as a payment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
undo , take back, orannul , as apayment .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pay her the debt you owe her, and unpay the villany you have done her: the one you may do with sterling money, and the other with current repentance.
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Pay her the debt you owe her, and unpay the villany you have done her: the one you may do with sterling money, and the other with current repentance.
Act II. Scene I. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth 1914
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However, the debts have been paid, and we can't unpay them.
The Man Bram Stoker 1879
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Pay her the debt you owe her, and unpay the villany you have done her: the one you may do with sterling money, and the other with current repentance.
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Pr*ythee, peace: — Pay her the debt you owe her, and unpay the villainy you have done with her; the one you may do with ilerling money, and the other with current repentance.
The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of ... 1793
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