stay (v.) Old form(s): stayd, stay'd
retain, keep back, withhold
2H6 III.i.105[York to Gloucester] you ... being Protector, stayed the soldiers' pay
2H6 III.ii.136[King to himself, as if to God] O Thou that judgest all things, stay my thoughts
Ven.331[] An oven that is stopped, or river stayed, / Burneth more hotly, swelleth with more rage
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