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; to daunt.

Etymologies

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Old French acoyer; ac-, for Latin ad. See coy

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  • accoy to soooothe

    January 13, 2007