Parleying
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of one who parleys. countable, uncountable
"Those things […] about which he was wont to have long parleyings and disputings with his own conscience — employing carnal reason to invent arguments and pleas of excuse — he now sticks at no longer […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of parley form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Those things […] about which he was wont to have long parleyings and disputings with his own conscience — employing carnal reason to invent arguments and pleas of excuse — he now sticks at no longer […]"
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