well(-)aˈpaid, 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 J. 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 joyeth 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-aˈpaidness. Obs.
| 1633 [D. Rogers] Treat. Sacr. i. 190 This complacence and well apaiednesse of heart. |