appaumee (appaume)

[APAUMEE.] * ap-pā'y, v.t. [O. Fr. appayer , apaier ; Prov., Sp., & Port. apagar = to quench, to appease; Ital. appagare = to satisfy; pagare = to pay. From Lat. pacare to pacify; pax = peace.] To satisfy, to appease, to content. Now contracted into PAY (q.v.). "So only can high justice rest appeid ." Milton: P. L., bk. xii. * ap-pā'yed, * ap-pā'id, pa . par . [APPAY.] *ạp-peach, *a-pē'ache, * a-pēche, v.t. & i. [Norm. Fr. apescher , which Mahn believes to be from Lat. appacto , freq. of appango = to fasten to: ad = to, and pan go = to fasten.] [IMPEACH.] A. Trans.: To impeach. ( Lit. & fig .) "Were he twenty times My son, I would appeach him." Shakesp.: Richard II., v. 2 "His wonder far exceeded reason's reach, That he began to doubt his dazeled sight, And oft of error did himselfe appeach ." Spenser: F. Q., 11. xi. 40. IMG:content-0628.png:[blocks in formation] *