accouple

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/əˈkʌpəl/

verb

To join; to couple.

Similar
affixattachput togetherunite
OriginOld French acopler ← French accoupler →
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Meanings

verbaccouple (third-person singular simple present accouples, present participle accoupling, simple past and past participle accoupled)

present singular third person accouples · participle present accoupling · participle past accoupled · past accoupled

  1. obsoleteraretransitiveTo join; to couple.

    The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen.

    1548, Edward Hall, Hall's Chronicle

    Synonyms: affix, attach, put together, unite

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo join; to couple.

Similar
affixattachput togetherunite
Also see
affixassociateattachclinchconnecthitchinosculatejoinscrew

Origin

  1. Frenchaccoupler
  2. Old Frenchacopler
  3. Englishaccouple

From Old French acopler, French accoupler. See couple. Equivalent to ad- + couple.

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Chicago

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