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parle en · NOUN

Inherited from Middle English parlen (“to speak”), from Middle French parler, from Old French parler, from Late Latin parabolō.

(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Parley; talk.
- Iul[ia]. Of all the faire reſort of Gentlemen, / That euery day with par’le encounter me, / In thy opinion which is worthieſt loue? c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 21, columns 1–2:
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A nasty encounter.
- Hor[atio].[…]So frown’d he once, when in an angry parle / He ſmot the ſledded Pollax on the Ice. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 152, column 2:

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parles	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Inherited from Middle English parlen (“to speak”), from Middle French parler, from Old French parler, from Late Latin parabolō.

(intransitive, obsolete) To talk; to converse; to parley.
- […]Knute finding himſelf too weak, began to parle,[…] 1670, John Milton, “The Sixth Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 266:

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parled	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
parled	Tense=Past	lexicographic
parling	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
parles	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic