Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render quiet; soothe.
- To dishearten; daunt; subdue.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To render quiet; to soothe.
- transitive verb obsolete To subdue; to tame; to daunt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To render quiet; to
soothe . - Geoffrey Chaucer - verb obsolete To
subdue ; to tame; todaunt .
Etymologies
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Old French acoyer; ac-, for Latin ad. See coy
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fbharjo commented on the word accoy
accoy to soooothe
January 13, 2007