Antonyms for waylay

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wey-ley, wey-ley

Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪˌleɪ, weɪˈleɪ

Definition of waylay

Origin : "to ambush," 1510s, from way + lay (v.), on model of Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wegelagen "besetting of ways, lying in wait with evil or hostile intent along public ways."

verb intercept, ambush

Example sentences :

I warn you that I shall lay all manner of traps, waylay your messengers, bribe them.
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

The little house was quiet and dark with no one to waylay them.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

But Rose did not dare, and then there was Martin ready to waylay her.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

If you can intercept her before she gets there, or waylay her when she leaves, why there you are.
Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White

The huntsmen, hearing of it, stole out privately to waylay him in a snare.
Extract from : « Fairy Book » by Sophie May

"I will," cried Paul, hurrying across the corridor to waylay his chum.
Extract from : « Paul and the Printing Press » by Sara Ware Bassett

The question is—Have they passed the place, where it was intended to waylay them?
Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid

I am ordered to send this berserk with a troop of nineteen men to waylay thee.
Extract from : « Erling the Bold » by R.M. Ballantyne

Dick hurried out by the front to waylay Will, but encountered Uncle Abram.
Extract from : « Menhardoc » by George Manville Fenn

They began to waylay and butcher white men and women and children.
Extract from : « Pioneers of the Old South » by Mary Johnston

Synonyms for waylay

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