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accoy

accoy, v. Obs.
  Also 4–5 acoy(e, acoie, 6–7 accoy(e.
  [a. OFr. acoie-r, acoye-r to calm, appease, f. à to + coi quiet, calm:—L. quiēt-um quiet.]
  To still, calm, quiet, or appease; hence, to soothe or coax (the alarmed or shy), to tame, silence, or daunt (the forward or bold).

c 1350 Wm. of Palerne 56 Þe cherl..chastised his dogge, bad him blinne of his berking, & to þe barne talked, acoyed it to come to him, & clepud hit oft. c 1374 Chaucer Troylus v. 782 He nyst how best hire herte for t' acoie. c 1400 Rom. Rose 3564 Bialacoil, his most joye, Which alle hise peynes myght acoye. 1430 Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xiv, Brother a whyle do acoye The cruel tourment that byndeth you so sore. 1530 Palsgr. 416 I acoye, I styll, Je apaise, or je rens quoy: Be he never so angrye, I can accoye hym: tout soyt il courroucé, je le puis apayser or accoyser. 1557 Tottell's Misc. (Arb.) 197 Transmuted thus sometime a swan is he, Leda taccoye, and eft Europe to please. 1567 Turberville Louer abused, A loving wight For to accoy, accoy, And breede my joy. 1579 Spenser Sheph. Cal. Feb., Then is your careless courage accoyed. 1596F.Q. iv. viii. 59 I received was, And oft imbrast..And with kind words accoyd. 1598 B. Yong tr. Diana That sweete gracious smile,..wherewith I sawe thee not accoyd. a 1600 Peele Eclogue iii. 152 How soon may here thy courage be accoy'd? 1647 H. More Poems 76 The voice these solemn sages nought at all accoyes. 1706 Phillips, To Accoy (old word): To assuage.

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