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Payed vs Paled - What's the difference?

payed | paled |

As verbs the difference between payed and paled

is that payed is (archaic) (from old french paier) (pay) while paled is (pale).

As an adjective paled is

(obsolete) striped.

payed

English

Alternative forms

* paid

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic) (from Old French paier) (pay)
  • * 1616 —
  • *:...and the use and proffitt therof cominge shalbe payed to my saied Sister Jone...
  • * 1836 — , ch 25
    • It was but just in time, for, as the frigate flew round, describing a circle, as she payed off before the wind, they could perceive the breakers lashing the precipitous coast, not two cables' length from them.
  • (from Old French peier) (pay)

    • paled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pale)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) striped
  • * Spenser
    • [Buskins] paled part per part.
  • (obsolete) Enclosed with a paling.
  • * Spenser
    • A paled green.

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