surpay

verb

surpay

verb

Etymology From sur- + pay.

1

Obsolete To more than compensate for; to outweigh.

for foure faire ones we must kisse fiftie foule: and to a nice or tender stomack, as are those of mine age, one ill kisse doth, surpay [translating surpaie] one good.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.5:

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