†b.to speak Euphues: to talk the dialect of ‘Euphues’, to ‘parley Euphuism’ (see euphuismn.). Obsolete.
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Euphuize1604
to speak Euphues1614
1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow sig. E8v Hee..speakes Euphues [printed Ephues; 1614 (3rd impr.) Euphues] not so gracefully as heartily.