Waylaid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌweɪˈleɪd/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Waylaid is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of waylay.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of waylay.
Example Sentences
My beloved reader has no doubt in the course of his experience been waylaid by many such a luckless companion
I have a jest to execute that I cannot manage alone. Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that we have already 'waylaid – yourself and I will not be there. And when they have the booty, if you and I do not rob them – cut this head off from my shoulders.
Word Forms
- waylayed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ambushed, intercepted, sidetracked, accosted, derailed, sabotaged.
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