accable

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verb

To overwhelm; to encumber.

OriginFrench accabler →
First used 17th–19th c.Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbaccable (third-person singular simple present accables, present participle accabling, simple past and past participle accabled)

present singular third person accables · participle present accabling · participle past accabled · past accabled

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo overwhelm; to encumber.First known use 17th–19th c.

Origin

  1. Frenchaccabler“to overwhelm”
  2. Englishaccable

Borrowed from French accabler (“to overwhelm”).

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