surpay
English
Etymology
From sur- + pay.
Verb
surpay (third-person singular simple present surpays, present participle surpaying, simple past and past participle surpaid)
- (obsolete) To more than compensate for; to outweigh.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.5:
- 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, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.5: