pay home en · VERB
Etymology
Compare German heimzahlen.
Meanings
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To strike to the quick; to retaliate.
Paulina. What (Soueraigne Sir) I did not well, I meant well: all my Seruices You haue pay'd home.
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paid home | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| paid home | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| pays home | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| paying home | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |