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accourting

accourting is the present participle and gerund of accourt.

Meaning of accourt

Verb

accourt (third-person singular simple present accourts, present participle accourting, simple past and past participle accourted)

  1. (Early, Modern, obsolete) To 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 festa. 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, page 71

Questions about accourting

What is accourting the present participle and gerund of?
Accourting is the present participle and gerund of accourt.

Words near accourting in the dictionary

  1. accourie
  2. accouries
  3. accouris
  4. accourt
  5. accourted
  6. accourting
  7. accourts
  8. accouter
  9. accoutered
  10. accoutering
  11. accouterment

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