Waylay Definition

wālā
waylaid, waylaying, waylays
verb
waylaid, waylaying, waylays
To lie in wait for and attack; ambush.
Webster's New World
To wait for and accost (a person) on the way.
Webster's New World
To interrupt the course or progress of.
Travelers waylaid by a storm; an athlete waylaid by an injury.
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Origin of Waylay

  • way +"Ž lay likely from Middle Dutch wegelagen (“besetting of ways, lying in wait with evil or hostile intent along public ways").

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