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acoy

acoy is the alternative form 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

Forms of acoy

third-person singular presentacoys
present participleacoying
past participleacoyed
pastacoyed

Questions about acoy

What is acoy the alternative form of?
Acoy is the alternative form of accoy.

Words near acoy in the dictionary

  1. acoustopolariscopic
  2. acoustopolariscopy
  3. acoustoultrasonic
  4. acoustoultrasonics
  5. acovenoside
  6. acoy
  7. acoyed
  8. acoying
  9. acoys
  10. acoziborole
  11. ACP

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