accoy

A1C3C3O1Y4
/əˈkɔɪ/

verb

To soothe, to calm; to assuage, to subdue.

OriginMiddle French acoyer →
First used 14th–19th c.Scrabble 12
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Meanings

verbaccoy (third-person singular simple present accoys, present participle accoying, simple past and past participle accoyed)

present singular third person accoys · participle present accoying · participle past accoyed · past accoyed

  1. obsoleteTo soothe, to calm; to assuage, to subdue.First known use 14th–19th c.

    Of faire Pæana I received was, And oft imbrast, as if that I were hee, And with kind words accoyd, vowing great love to mee.

    1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
moderate

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchacoyer
  2. Englishaccoy

From Middle French acoyer, from coy (“quiet, calm”). By surface analysis, a- + coy.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with accoy

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Chicago

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