Waylaying vs Waylay - What's the difference?
waylaying | waylay |
The act by which somebody is waylaid; an ambush.
* Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined Letter
To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
To accost or intercept unexpectedly.
As verbs the difference between waylaying and waylay
is that waylaying is present participle of waylay while waylay is to lie in wait for and attack from ambush.As a noun waylaying
is the act by which somebody is waylaid; an ambush.waylaying
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Such a man, I considered, could not fail to be aware of the ordinary policial modes of action. He could not have failed to anticipate—and events have proved that he did not fail to anticipate—the waylayings to which he was subjected.
