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† deˈpair, v. Obs.
Also depeyre, depeire.
[a. OF. des-, depeire-r, to despoil, f. des-, dé- (de- I. 6) + -peirer:—L. peiorāre: cf. appair, impair, and dispayre n.]
trans. To impair, injure, dilapidate.
a1460Lydgate Lyfe of our Ladye (Caxton) E. 5, c. 1 (R.) As the tryed syluer is depeired. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. ii. xxii, Na wretchis word may depair ȝour hie name. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 338 The corps hole and sounde was funde, verely..Nothyng depaired that ther coude be seen. 1568T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 63 Depaire no Church, nor auncient acte, in building be not sloe. |