- apeyre
- , v. a. == impair. RG. 279
Oldest English Words. 2014.
apeyre
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impair — (v.) late 14c., earlier ampayre, apeyre (c.1300), from O.Fr. empeirier (Mod.Fr. empirer), from V.L. *impejorare make worse, from assimilated form of in into, in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + L.L. pejorare make worse, from pejor worse. In reference to… … Etymology dictionary
