Parle

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Parley; talk. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Iul[ia]. Of all the faire reſort of Gentlemen, / That euery day with par’le encounter me, / In thy opinion which is worthieſt loue?"

  2. 2
    A nasty encounter. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Hor[atio].[…]So frown’d he once, when in an angry parle / He ſmot the ſledded Pollax on the Ice."

Verb
  1. 1
    To talk; to converse; to parley. intransitive, obsolete

    "[…]Knute finding himſelf too weak, began to parle,[…]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

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"Iul[ia]. Of all the faire reſort of Gentlemen, / That euery day with par’le encounter me, / In thy opinion which is worthieſt loue?"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English parlen (“to speak”), from Middle French parler, from Old French parler, from Late Latin parabolō.

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