accourt

English

Etymology

From ac- (“to”) +‎ court (“woo”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈkɔːt/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

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Verb

accourt (third-person singular simple present accourts, present participle accourting, simple past and past participle accourted)

1. (Early Modern, obsolete) To treat courteously; to court.
   • a. 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, page 71:

     Whilest she her selfe thus busily did frame Seemely to entertaine her new-come guest, Newes hereof to her other sisters came, Who all this while were at their wanton rest, Accourting each her frend with lavish fest

Anagrams

• crocuta

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

accourt

1. third-person singular present indicative of accourir