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单词 accouple
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accouplev.

Brit. /əˈkʌpl/, U.S. /əˈkəp(ə)l/
Forms: 1500s acople, 1500s acouple, 1500s– accouple.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French accouplir.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman accouplir, accupler, Anglo-Norman and Middle French acopler, acoupler, accoupler to join (two things, people, or animals) to one another (1165 in Old French) < a- a- prefix5 + cupler , copler , coupler couple v. Compare Italian accoppiare (a1321).In to accouple in lawful matrimony and similar phrases (compare quots. 1596, a1625, 1700, 1776, etc. at sense 1) after Anglo-Norman acoupler en leal matrimoigne (1308–9 or earlier).
Now rare.
1. transitive. To join (one person) to another, esp. in matrimony; to couple. Also: to unite (two people), esp. in matrimony. Chiefly with to, with. Also intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)] > couple or yoke together
couplec1330
twinc1394
yokea1400
accouple1548
conjugate1570
ingeminate1609
incouple1611
jugate1623
adjugate1730
wive1886
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > join in marriage
wedOE
join1297
spousec1325
bind1330
couplea1340
to put togethera1387
conjoin1447
accouple1548
matea1593
solemnize1592
espouse1599
faggot1607
noose1664
to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700
rivet1700
to tie the knot1718
buckle1724
unite1728
tack1732
wedlock1737
marry1749
splice1751
to turn off1759
to tie up1894
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxv The Englishmen accoupled them selues with the Frenchmen, louingly together, & so roade to London.
1596 in T. Stretton Marital Litigation Court of Requests (2008) 124 The sayd defendants and everye of them doe saye that the complaynante is a femme coverte and accoupled in lawfull matrymony to Martyn Spragyn.
c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 50 I have regestered your name with both my Ladis names, as the pauper expresses, and ye be acopled as brether and sisters.
a1625 H. Finch Law (1627) 364 They were never accoupled in lawfull matrimonie.
1700 Baron & Feme (1738) vii. 47 The Woman at such a Place in certain was accoupled in loyal Matrimony to the said Husband mentioned in the Writ.
1776 Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston 57 The Tenants pleaded, that she was not accoupled to Robins in lawful Matrimony.
1826 E. Jacob Roper's Treat. Law Prop. (ed. 2) II. 455 The bishop would certify that persons not married according to the forms of the church of England as by law established, were not accoupled in lawful matrimony.
1840 Times 15 Oct. 5/5 These rewards consist in unchaining the slave for a while, in accoupling him with lighter irons, &c.
1864 Pennsylvania State Rep. 43 146 The said Martha Royer never was accoupled to the said Samuel Royer, deceased, in lawful matrimony.
1909 A. Allinson tr. A. France Well of St. Clare 31 Under the reign of Jupiter the Nymphs began to inhabit fountains and forests and mountains; while the Fauns, accoupling with the Nymphs, formed light-footed bands that roamed the woods together.
2. transitive. To join (one thing) to another. Also: to unite (two things). Chiefly with to, with.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)]
gatherc725
fayOE
samc1000
join1297
conjoinc1374
enjoinc1384
assemble1393
compound1393
sociea1398
annex?c1400
ferec1400
marrowc1400
combinec1440
annectc1450
piece?c1475
combind1477
conjunge1547
associate1578
knit1578
sinew1592
splinter1597
patch1604
accouple1605
interjoina1616
withjoina1627
league1645
contignate1651
to bring on1691
splice1803
pan1884
suture1886
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Dd2v That application, which hee accoupleth it withal. View more context for this quotation
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 81 Accoupling it with an Article in the nature of a Request.
1635 D. Person Varieties ii. 83 [Fire] being accoupled to a matter contrary to its owne nature,..this terrestriall matter..draweth the fire perforce with it.
1646 T. Blount tr. H. Estienne Art of making Devises viii. 17 Formes and figures of divers Animals, severall Instruments, Flowers, Hearbes, Trees, and such like things accoupled and composed together.
a1737 N. Pigott Treat. Common Recoveries (1739) v. 111 By his Entry getting the Possession, that accoupled with the Right, remits him.
1824 Trial Brit. Soldiers 29th Reg. Foot 90 But accouple these words with the succeeding actions,—‘You dastard,—You coward!’
1971 S. Lens Forging of Amer. Empire vi. 108 He never flagged in his intention to accouple the New Estramadura to the United States.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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