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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pay one's addresses en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (archaic) Of a man, to make respectful approaches to a woman with a view to courting her romantically.
    • “I would be glad to know, whether this maid was in your service at the time you mention when Signor Zeluco paid his addresses to you?” 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 73:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
paid one's addresses Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
paid one's addresses Tense=Past lexicographic
paying one's addresses Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
make one's addresses alternative lexicographic
pays one's addresses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic