† aˈchoke, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 aceocian, 2 acheke(n, 4 achoke(n.
[f. a- prefix 1 + choke:—? OE. ceocian.]
To choke, to suffocate.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 181 Adam þar-offe bot, and wearð þar mide acheked . and þureh þat one snede wearð al his ofspring acheked. c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. 47 Ȝif þou wilt achoken þe fulfillyng of nature wiþ superfluites. c 1385 ― L.G.W. 2004 Whan that Theseus seeth The beest acheked, he shall on him leepe. |