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accouple en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /əˈkʌpəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Old French acopler, French accoupler. See couple. Equivalent to ad- + couple.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To join; to couple.
    • The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen. 1548, Edward Hall, Hall's Chronicle:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
accoupling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
accouples Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
accoupled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
accoupled Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

affix · unite · put together · attach