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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)

  1. (intransitive) 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

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Questions about parleyed

What is parleyed the simple past and past participle of?
Parleyed is the simple past and past participle of parley.

Words near parleyed in the dictionary

  1. parley-voo
  2. parley-vooed
  3. parley-vooing
  4. parley-voos
  5. parley-vous
  6. parleyed
  7. parleyer
  8. parleyers
  9. parleying
  10. parleyings
  11. parleys

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