ppl. a. Obs. exc. arch. Heartily pleased or satisfied.
13[?]. K. Alis., 2031. Darie was wel apaied Of that Archelaus haveth ysaide.
c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 1314. Whanne þemperour it wist, he was wel apayed.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. VI. 198. And eche pore man [was] wel apayed to haue pesen for his huyre.
1387. Trevisa, Higden, III. 383. He cowþe feyne hym gracious and wel apaied when he were wrooþ, and wrooþ when he were wel apayed.
1470–85. Malory, Arthur, XVIII. xxiii. 767. I am wel apayed, said sir Gareth, that I may knowe him.
c. 1500. H. Medwall, Fulgens & Lucres, E iv b. Be she wroth or well a payde.
1576. Knewstub, Confut., Serm., Q 2 b. There is good cause, not only to be content, but also well appaide with it.
1590. Spenser, F. Q., III. ii. 47. She therewith well apayd, The drunken lampe downe in the oyle did steepe.
1611. R. Fenton, Treat. Usury, To Rdr. 3. I shall thinke my selfe well apaid, if I can cause them but to feele those wounds.
1643. Trapp, Comm. Gen. xxiv. 47. He ioyeth over her with singing, as wel-apaid of his choyce.
1825. Jennings, Obs. Dial. W. Eng., Well-apaid, appeased; satisfied.
1870. Morris, Earthly Par., III. II. 32. ‘Or all is nought Whereof I think,’ at last a wanderer said, ‘Or of my tale shall ye be well apaid.’
Hence † Well-apaidness. Obs.
1633. [D. Rogers], Treat. Sacr., i. 19. This complacence and well apaiednesse of heart.
