impairn.¹

Brit.

/ɪmˈpɛː/, U.S.

/ɪmˈpɛ(ə)r/

Forms: Also 1600s em-.

Etymology: < impair v.

Obsolete or archaic.

An act of impairing; the fact of being impaired; impairment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun]

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oblesion1656

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vitiation1802

mar1876

jeel1887

1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1582) 371 Halfe a dishonour, and an impair of his credit.

1598 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Achilles Shield To Understander sig. B^v Nor is it more empaire to an honest and absolute mans sufficiencie to haue few friendes, then [etc.].

1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares ii. sig. E3^v Pocket it:..it's no impaire to thee: the greatest doo't.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 102 Such and such like affoord they yearely without empaire to themselues.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. iii. 318 An impair of that Sovereignty and Dominion over the Creatures.

1848 J. A. Carlyle tr. Dante Inferno 28 To keep its beauty from impair.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

impairadj.n.²

Etymology: Compare French impair unequal (1484 in Godefroy Compl.), and pair.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈimpair.

A. adj.

†1. (?) ‘Unsuitable’ (Todd), unfit; inferior. Obsolete. (But the reading is disputed.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]

unkinOE

un-i-feieOE

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1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vi. 106 Yet giues hee not till iudgement guide his bounty, Nor dignifies an impare [1623 impaire] thought with breath.

2. Not paired; not forming one of a pair; odd.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [adjective] > one of two > not one of pair

inconjugated1578

unpaired1598

impair1839

1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 829/1 This impair bone..is..the representative of the superior occipitals of Cuvier.

B. n.²

n. An unpaired individual thing; an odd one. In roulette (with pronunciation /ɛ̃pɛr/), an odd number, or a number marked ‘impair’.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > roulette > [noun] > numbers or colours

black1793

red1793

rouge1835

impair1850

noir1850

pair1867

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [noun] > one thing > one of two

other1863

impair1880

singleton1892

1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 348 (Roulette) The impair wins, when the ball enters a hole numbered impair.

1880 J. Abercromby in Academy 23 Oct. 294/1 Grouping the letters in two sets of pairs and an impair, which again pairs with the other impairs.

1891 ‘L. Hoffmann’ Cycl. Card & Table Games 626 If he places his money on Impair, he bets that the ball will drop into an odd number.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 304/1 Pair indicates even numbers, impair odd numbers.

1966 ‘W. Haggard’ Power House xii. 125 The croupier was paying out. Mortimer was on the Impair side.

1973 L. Meynell Thirteen Trumpeters iv. 66 His right hand was..stretching out to place his stake on the next throw (a green on pair)... ‘Impair’ was called.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

impairv.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpɛː/, U.S.

/ɪmˈpɛ(ə)r/

Forms: α. Middle English ampayr-i, anpayr-i, apayr-i, etc. (see appair v.). β. Middle English–1500s enpeire, enpeyre, enpaire, enpayre, empeyre, Middle English–1600s empare, empeire, empaire, empayre, Middle English enpare, 1600s empair. γ. Middle English–1600s impaire, impayre, 1500s impeire, impere, inpayre, 1500s–1600s impare, 1600s– impair.

Etymology: The current form impair is a partially Latinized refashioning of the earlier empaire , empeire , < Old French empeirer , ampeirer to make worse < Latin type *impēiōrāre to make worse, < im- (im- prefix¹) + pēior worse. The earliest form was ampayre , whence apeyre appair v. Empeyre , closest to contemporary French, was commonest in 15–16th cent. Late in 15th cent. the prefix began to be spelt im- after Latin, giving the current impair , which has superseded empair since c1660. Compare appair v., pair v.¹, empyre v.

a. transitive. To make worse, less valuable, or weaker; to lessen injuriously; to damage, injure.

ΘΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (transitive)]

worsec1175

worsena1250

appair1297

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pairc1330

aggregea1382

appalea1500

emperish1509

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worser1590

worst1602

improve1609

pejorate1653

vilioratea1722

misimprove1847

nastify1873

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally

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ungold1637

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addle1652

sweal1655

butcher1659

shade1813

mess1823

puckeroo1840

untone1861

blue1880

queer1884

dick1972

forgar-

α.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 279 Destrude and apeyrede Cristendom.

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1517 Bakbyters..apeyryn many mannys lyfe.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 10 To ampayri his guode los.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 10 Ac alneway þe kueadnesse of þe ministre may anpayri þe oþre be kueade uorbysnen.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 110 Haueth pite of cristen feith that it be not a-peired thourgh yow.

1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. (1557) 226/2 Sacramentes..the goodnes whereof his noughtinesse can not appayre..That sacred sacrifice.. can take none empayryng by the fylthe of his synne.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Instit. (1634) i. xvii. 90 For fear of appairing his feeble health.

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. ii. 71 The ancient lawes..be greatly appaired.

1681 T. Frankland Ann. King James & King Charles I 297 As we should hold our selves unhappy if we should not amend the wretched estate of the poor Subject, so let us hold it a wickedness to ampair it.

β. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iv. pr. iii. 93 Thanne is the Meede of goode folk swich þat no day shal enpeyren it.c1375 Cato Major iv. xxxiv, in Anglia (1884) VII Empeyre þou nouȝt hire fame.a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxiiii. f. clvi^v Y^e Cytie of Danas the whiche he assauted and enpayred very sore.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccliij The possession might seme to be enpaired.1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in Panoplie Epist. 315 In hope that I shoulde recover my health, which sicknesse had empayred.1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 22 Whereby hee was empeired and became worse.1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 82 It never wastes nor empairs an Estate.1658–78 E. Phillips New World of Words Empair [1696 (ed. 5) Impair].γ. 1488–9 Act 4 Hen. VII c. 19 The defence of this land..[is] impaired.1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xx. f. clix^v [It] yet helpeth not hys mater, but impayreth it mych.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 665 Satan..could not beare Through pride that sight, and thought himself impaird . 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 3 No time will impair or decay those Grey Kentish Bricks.1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 49 This Argument is old; but Truth No Years impair.1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. ii. 50 The best memory may be impaired by neglect.

b. reflexive.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. iv. 14 They empayre them self so moche that they may not lerne no good.

1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iij Wyse men..for none auauncement ne hauyng of good enpayre not them self.

†c. passive. To be destitute of, or badly off for.

ΘΠ

the mind > possession > non-possession > not have [verb (transitive)] > lack

wantc1175

missa1300

tharnc1300

to fail of1307

lackc1320

fault1377

failc1380

wanea1400

defaultc1425

to want ofc1425

walter1463

fault?1504

to defail of1556

to want for1560

scant1565

inlaik1568

impaira1626

to bate of1633

a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 255 If I wear impared of mony, he would send me owt of his own treasur.

2. intransitive (for reflexive). To grow or become worse, less valuable, weaker, or less; to suffer injury or loss; to deteriorate, fall off, or decay. ? Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (intransitive)]

worseeOE

aswindc885

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α.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1475 Als þis lyfe es ay passand, Swa es þe worlde, ilk day, apayrand.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail li. l. 300 This piers, that hurt was so sore, Everyday gan Apeyren More and More.

1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) vii. xxvi. 315/1 Yf the beste dye or appeyre, he that hyreth it shall stande to that losse.

a1509 King Henry VII in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 21 I. 46 My syghte..will appayre dayly.

1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces iii. sig. V.3 He that wetyngly selleth wyne that is apayring.

1581 W. Stafford Compend. Exam. Complaints (1876) iii. 80 As the coyne appayred, so rose the prices of thinges.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 46 b/1 We then sowe a cleane white Compresse on the impured compresse, and then we draw away the impure compresse from vnder the Fracture.

β. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4691 Þe power of hem enpayrede faste.1486 Bk. St. Albans C vj b The Eyghen will swell and empeyre in her hede.1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxix. 279 The kynge..lay sore sicke..and euery daye he enpayred worse and worse.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. G4 Flesh may empaire..but reason can repaire.1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 71 The sicke Gentleman daily so empaired in health.γ. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxlv. 364 The prince dayly impered of a sicknesse.1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. xxviii. 205 a All thinges impaire, and goe backewarde.1648 R. Boyle Seraphic Love (1660) 152 Cœlestial Pleasures..not impairing by being used Long.1729 J. Swift Let. to Pope 11 Aug. in Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 106 When years increase, and perhaps your health impairs.1827 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) V. 284 His own health and faculties sensibly impairing day by day.

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n.¹1568

adj.n.²1609

v.1297

单词	impair
释义	impairn.¹ Brit. /ɪmˈpɛː/, U.S. /ɪmˈpɛ(ə)r/ Forms: Also 1600s em-. Etymology: < impair v. Obsolete or archaic. An act of impairing; the fact of being impaired; impairment. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] burstc1000 harmOE scatheOE teenOE evil healc1175 waningc1175 hurt?c1225 quede?c1225 balec1275 damage1300 follyc1300 grill13.. ungain13.. torferc1325 eviltyc1330 wem1338 impairment1340 marring1357 unhend1377 sorrowc1380 pairingc1384 pairmentc1384 mischiefc1385 offencec1385 appairment1388 hindering1390 noyinga1398 bresta1400 envya1400 wemminga1400 gremec1400 wilc1400 blemishing1413 lesion?a1425 nocument?a1425 injuryc1430 mischieving1432 hindrance1436 detrimenta1440 ill1470 untroth1470 diversity1484 remordc1485 unhappinessc1485 grudge1491 wriguldy-wrag?1520 danger1530 dishort1535 perishment1540 wreaka1542 emperishment1545 impeachment1548 indemnity1556 impair1568 spoil1572 impeach1575 interestc1575 emblemishing1583 mishap1587 endamagement1593 blemishment1596 mischievance1600 damnificationa1631 oblesion1656 mishanter1754 vitiation1802 mar1876 jeel1887 1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1582) 371 Halfe a dishonour, and an impair of his credit. 1598 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Achilles Shield To Understander sig. B^v Nor is it more empaire to an honest and absolute mans sufficiencie to haue few friendes, then [etc.]. 1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares ii. sig. E3^v Pocket it:..it's no impaire to thee: the greatest doo't. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 102 Such and such like affoord they yearely without empaire to themselues. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. iii. 318 An impair of that Sovereignty and Dominion over the Creatures. 1848 J. A. Carlyle tr. Dante Inferno 28 To keep its beauty from impair. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). impairadj.n.² Etymology: Compare French impair unequal (1484 in Godefroy Compl.), and pair.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈimpair. A. adj. †1. (?) ‘Unsuitable’ (Todd), unfit; inferior. Obsolete. (But the reading is disputed.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] unkinOE un-i-feieOE unbecomelyc1200 amissc1325 wrongousa1350 uncovenablec1374 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 unquemea1400 inconvenientc1400 unlikelyc1405 disconvenienta1425 impertinenta1425 discovenablec1436 unmeetc1440 wrongc1440 unjustc1443 unbehovablec1450 inconvenientc1460 uncordial1488 unmeetly1534 unapt1539 unfit1548 incommodious1553 ungreeing1560 impertinent1565 stravagant1565 unproper1566 improper1570 unhovable1570 unapt1579 unbeseeming1583 unsuitablea1586 unappliable1588 unapt1588 unlikely1590 unfittinga1592 unfitted1592 unsuiting1596 unbefitting1598 unsorted1598 unsuited1598 contrary1600 impair1609 unfitty1613 incompetible1621 incongruous1623 infita1626 uncompetiblea1628 inaccommodatea1657 inapplicable1656 inconcinnate1657 inconcinnous1662 inept1675 unaccommodatea1676 incommode1678 indecorous1681 untoward1682 unapplicable1690 insuitable1692 unsuit1704 malapropos1709 inapt1744 out of place1748 uncongenial1788 unfit-like1796 ungain-like1796 inappropriate1804 unadapted1805 dissuitable1807 dissuited1819 ineligible1828 infelicitous1835 unapropos1840 butt-ended1850 malappropriate1851 ungenial1871 misappropriate1878 unbecoming1893 unappropriate1898 unadjusted1899 offside1910 off-key1943 improbable1958 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vi. 106 Yet giues hee not till iudgement guide his bounty, Nor dignifies an impare [1623 impaire] thought with breath. View more context for this quotation 2. Not paired; not forming one of a pair; odd. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [adjective] > one of two > not one of pair inconjugated1578 unpaired1598 impair1839 1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 829/1 This impair bone..is..the representative of the superior occipitals of Cuvier. B. n.² n. An unpaired individual thing; an odd one. In roulette (with pronunciation /ɛ̃pɛr/), an odd number, or a number marked ‘impair’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > roulette > [noun] > numbers or colours black1793 red1793 rouge1835 impair1850 noir1850 pair1867 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [noun] > one thing > one of two other1863 impair1880 singleton1892 1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 348 (Roulette) The impair wins, when the ball enters a hole numbered impair. 1880 J. Abercromby in Academy 23 Oct. 294/1 Grouping the letters in two sets of pairs and an impair, which again pairs with the other impairs. 1891 ‘L. Hoffmann’ Cycl. Card & Table Games 626 If he places his money on Impair, he bets that the ball will drop into an odd number. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 304/1 Pair indicates even numbers, impair odd numbers. 1966 ‘W. Haggard’ Power House xii. 125 The croupier was paying out. Mortimer was on the Impair side. 1973 L. Meynell Thirteen Trumpeters iv. 66 His right hand was..stretching out to place his stake on the next throw (a green on pair)... ‘Impair’ was called. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). impairv. Brit. /ɪmˈpɛː/, U.S. /ɪmˈpɛ(ə)r/ Forms: α. Middle English ampayr-i, anpayr-i, apayr-i, etc. (see appair v.). β. Middle English–1500s enpeire, enpeyre, enpaire, enpayre, empeyre, Middle English–1600s empare, empeire, empaire, empayre, Middle English enpare, 1600s empair. γ. Middle English–1600s impaire, impayre, 1500s impeire, impere, inpayre, 1500s–1600s impare, 1600s– impair. Etymology: The current form impair is a partially Latinized refashioning of the earlier empaire , empeire , < Old French empeirer , ampeirer to make worse < Latin type impēiōrāre to make worse, < im-* (im- prefix¹) + pēior worse. The earliest form was ampayre , whence apeyre appair v. Empeyre , closest to contemporary French, was commonest in 15–16th cent. Late in 15th cent. the prefix began to be spelt im- after Latin, giving the current impair , which has superseded empair since c1660. Compare appair v., pair v.¹, empyre v. 1. a. transitive. To make worse, less valuable, or weaker; to lessen injuriously; to damage, injure. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (transitive)] worsec1175 worsena1250 appair1297 impair1297 pairc1330 aggregea1382 appalea1500 emperish1509 empyre1566 worser1590 worst1602 improve1609 pejorate1653 vilioratea1722 misimprove1847 nastify1873 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally atterc885 hurtc1200 marc1225 appair1297 impair1297 spilla1300 emblemishc1384 endull1395 blemishc1430 depaira1460 depravea1533 deform1533 envenom1533 vitiate1534 quail1551 impeach1563 subvert1565 craze1573 taint1573 spoil1578 endamage1579 qualify1584 stain1584 crack1590 ravish1594 interess1598 invitiate1598 corrupt1602 venom1621 depauperate1623 detriment1623 flaw1623 embase1625 ungold1637 murder1644 refract1646 depress1647 addle1652 sweal1655 butcher1659 shade1813 mess1823 puckeroo1840 untone1861 blue1880 queer1884 dick1972 forgar- α. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 279 Destrude and apeyrede Cristendom. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1517 Bakbyters..apeyryn many mannys lyfe. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 10 To ampayri his guode los. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 10 Ac alneway þe kueadnesse of þe ministre may anpayri þe oþre be kueade uorbysnen. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 110 Haueth pite of cristen feith that it be not a-peired thourgh yow. 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. (1557) 226/2 Sacramentes..the goodnes whereof his noughtinesse can not appayre..That sacred sacrifice.. can take none empayryng by the fylthe of his synne. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Instit. (1634) i. xvii. 90 For fear of appairing his feeble health. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. ii. 71 The ancient lawes..be greatly appaired. 1681 T. Frankland Ann. King James & King Charles I 297 As we should hold our selves unhappy if we should not amend the wretched estate of the poor Subject, so let us hold it a wickedness to ampair it. β. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iv. pr. iii. 93 Thanne is the Meede of goode folk swich þat no day shal enpeyren it.c1375 Cato Major iv. xxxiv, in Anglia (1884) VII Empeyre þou nouȝt hire fame.a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxiiii. f. clvi^v Y^e Cytie of Danas the whiche he assauted and enpayred very sore.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccliij The possession might seme to be enpaired.1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in Panoplie Epist. 315 In hope that I shoulde recover my health, which sicknesse had empayred.1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 22 Whereby hee was empeired and became worse.1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 82 It never wastes nor empairs an Estate.1658–78 E. Phillips New World of Words Empair [1696 (ed. 5) Impair].γ. 1488–9 Act 4 Hen. VII c. 19 The defence of this land..[is] impaired.1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xx. f. clix^v [It] yet helpeth not hys mater, but impayreth it mych.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 665 Satan..could not beare Through pride that sight, and thought himself impaird . View more context for this quotation1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 3 No time will impair or decay those Grey Kentish Bricks.1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 49 This Argument is old; but Truth No Years impair.1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. ii. 50 The best memory may be impaired by neglect. b. reflexive. Π 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. iv. 14 They empayre them self so moche that they may not lerne no good. 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iij Wyse men..for none auauncement ne hauyng of good enpayre not them self. †c. passive. To be destitute of, or badly off for. ΘΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > not have [verb (transitive)] > lack wantc1175 missa1300 tharnc1300 to fail of1307 lackc1320 fault1377 failc1380 wanea1400 defaultc1425 to want ofc1425 walter1463 fault?1504 to defail of1556 to want for1560 scant1565 inlaik1568 impaira1626 to bate of1633 a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 255 If I wear impared of mony, he would send me owt of his own treasur. 2. intransitive (for reflexive). To grow or become worse, less valuable, weaker, or less; to suffer injury or loss; to deteriorate, fall off, or decay. ? Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (intransitive)] worseeOE aswindc885 worsena1250 appair1340 impair1340 fainta1375 pairc1390 vade1471 decay1511 decline1530 degenerate1545 lapse1641 addle1654 sunset1656 deteriorate1758 worst1781 descend1829 disimprove1846 slush1882 devolute1893 worser1894 α. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1475 Als þis lyfe es ay passand, Swa es þe worlde, ilk day, apayrand. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail li. l. 300 This piers, that hurt was so sore, Everyday gan Apeyren More and More. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) vii. xxvi. 315/1 Yf the beste dye or appeyre, he that hyreth it shall stande to that losse. a1509 King Henry VII in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 21 I. 46 My syghte..will appayre dayly. 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces iii. sig. V.3 He that wetyngly selleth wyne that is apayring. 1581 W. Stafford Compend. Exam. Complaints (1876) iii. 80 As the coyne appayred, so rose the prices of thinges. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 46 b/1 We then sowe a cleane white Compresse on the impured compresse, and then we draw away the impure compresse from vnder the Fracture. β. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4691 Þe power of hem enpayrede faste.1486 Bk. St. Albans C vj b The Eyghen will swell and empeyre in her hede.1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxix. 279 The kynge..lay sore sicke..and euery daye he enpayred worse and worse.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. G4 Flesh may empaire..but reason can repaire.1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 71 The sicke Gentleman daily so empaired in health.γ. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxlv. 364 The prince dayly impered of a sicknesse.1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. xxviii. 205 a All thinges impaire, and goe backewarde.1648 R. Boyle Seraphic Love (1660) 152 Cœlestial Pleasures..not impairing by being used Long.1729 J. Swift Let. to Pope 11 Aug. in Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 106 When years increase, and perhaps your health impairs.1827 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) V. 284 His own health and faculties sensibly impairing day by day. 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