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† aˈccowardize, v. Obs.
Also 5 acowardyse.
[f. Fr. accouardis(s-) extended stem of accouardir: see prec.; assimilated to vbs. in -ize.]
= accoward.
1480Caxton Ovid's Metam. xii. xiii, [Patroclus] assayled the Troyans whom he greved moche and acowardysed and mad them torne to flyghte. 1611Cotgr., Acouhardir: To accowardize, effiminate, make faint-hearted. |