(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:36:57

Ac*coy" (#), v. t. [OF. acoyer; ac-, for L. ad. See Coy.]

1.

To render quiet; to soothe.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

2.

To subdue; to tame; to daunt.

[Obs.]

Then is your careless courage accoyed. Spenser.

 

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