parleyed
parleyed is the simple past and past participle of parley.
Meaning of parley
Verb
parley (third-person singular simple present parleys, present participle parleying, simple past and past participle parleyed)
- To have a discussion, especially one between enemies.
- [...] at day break we found the villaine, who, loath to parlee in fire and ſhot, fled amaine and left us [...]1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
- Synonyms:
- chat, discourse, moot, common, confab, confabulate, conversate, converse, convo, jaw
Questions about parleyed
- What is parleyed the simple past and past participle of?
- Parleyed is the simple past and past participle of parley.
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