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pay one's addresses

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
pay one's ad-dress-es
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of a man, to make respectful approaches to a woman with a view to courting her romantically.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

pays one's addresses (present, singular) paying one's addresses (participle, present) paid one's addresses (participle, past) paid one's addresses (past) make one's addresses (alternative)

Questions

What does pay one's addresses mean?
Of a man, to make respectful approaches to a woman with a view to courting her romantically.

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