Amay

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to dismay; confound; be dismayed intransitive, obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English amayen, from Old French amaier, esmaier (“to dismay”).

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