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Etymology
From, equivalent to. Compare 🇨🇬. The sense “to pay” comes from the notion of “be able to cope with”.

Verb

 * 1) to deny assert to be false
 * 2) to dispute, contest, controvert oppose a proposition or call it into question by argument or assertion
 * 3) to pay for, to sustain financially
 * 1) to pay for, to sustain financially
 * 1) to pay for, to sustain financially