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fley

verb
\ Ėˆflā How to pronounce fley (audio) \
fleyed; fleying; fleys

Definition of fley

transitive verb

Scotland
: frighten

First Known Use of fley

13th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for fley

Middle English flayen, from Old English āflēgan, from ā-, perfective prefix + -flēgan to put to flight

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