Meanings
verbaccourt (third-person singular simple present accourts, present participle accourting, simple past and past participle accourted)
present singular third person accourts · participle present accourting · participle past accourted · past accourted
- EarlyModernobsoleteTo treat courteously; to court.
Whilest she her selfe thus busily did frame Seemely to entertaine her new-come guest, Newes hereof to her other sisters came, Who all this while were at their wanton rest, Accourting each her frend with lavish fest
a. 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, page 71
Origin
- Englishac-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰórtos
- Proto-Italic*hortosder.?
- Proto-Italic*horti-
- Latincohors
- Latincōrs
- Old Frenchcort
- Middle Englishcourt
- Englishcourt
- Englishaccourt
From ac- (“to”) + court (“woo”).
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Rhymes with accourt
supportreportcourtshortsortportsporttransportresortfortimportexportescorttortquartforteabortsnortwortmortortdistortconsortthwart
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Chicago
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