accourt
English
Etymology
From ac- (“to”) + court (“woo”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈkɔːt/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Audio (US): (file)
Verb
accourt (third-person singular simple present accourts, present participle accourting, simple past and past participle accourted)
- (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
French
Pronunciation
Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)): (file)
Verb
accourt
- third-person singular present indicative of accourir