apeiren

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French empeirier, empoirier, from Late Latin peiōrō.

Verb

apeiren (third-person singular simple present apeireth, present participle apeirende, apeirynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle apeired)

1. damage
2. perish
   • 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, Trolius and Criseyde, 2.329

     What mende ye, though that we booth appaire?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• “apeiren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.