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   Paid (?), imp., p. p., & a. from Pay.
   1. Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, “a paid attorney”.
   
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   2. Satisfied; contented. [Obs.] “Paid of his poverty.”  Chaucer.
   
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   Pay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paid (pād); p. pr. & vb. n. Paying.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See Peace.]
   1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, “to pay workmen or servants”.
   
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   May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. P. Plowman.
   
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   [She] pays me with disdain. Dryden.
   
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   2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
   
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   For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. B. Jonson.
   
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   3. To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed). “Pay me that thou owest.”  Matt. xviii. 28.
   
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   Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Matt. xviii. 26.
   
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   If they pay this tax, they starve. Tennyson.
   
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   4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.
   
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   This day have I paid my vows. Prov. vii. 14.
   
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   5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, “to pay attention; to pay a visit.”
   
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   Not paying me a welcome. Shak.
   
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   To pay off. (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, “to pay off the crew of a ship”. (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind. (c) to bribe. -- To pay one's duty, to render homage, as to a sovereign or other superior. -- To pay out (Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to allow to run out; as, “to pay out more cable.”  See under Cable. -- To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble. [Colloq.]
   
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