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accoys

accoys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of accoy.

Meaning of accoy

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To soothe, to calm; to assuage, to subdue.
    • 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

Questions about accoys

What is accoys the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Accoys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of accoy.

Words near accoys in the dictionary

  1. accowardizing
  2. accoy
  3. Accoya
  4. accoyed
  5. accoying
  6. accoys
  7. ACCP
  8. ACCPDS
  9. ACCPN
  10. accpt.
  11. accpts.

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