See also: accouplé

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From Old French acopler, French accoupler. See couple. Equivalent to ad- +‎ couple.

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accouple (third-person singular simple present accouples, present participle accoupling, simple past and past participle accoupled)

  1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To join; to couple.
    • 1548, Edward Hall, Hall's Chronicle:
      The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen.

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accouple

  1. inflection of accoupler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative