waye

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English

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Noun

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waye (plural wayes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of weigh.
  2. Obsolete spelling of way.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC, lines 25-6:
      I may assert Eternal Providence, / And justifie the wayes of God to men.

Maore Comorian

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Pronoun

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waye

  1. he; she

Yoruba

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Etymology

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From (to come) +‎ ayé (earth).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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wáyé

  1. to come into existence; to come about; to occur