parle

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7
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9
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5

Definition of parle

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Parley; talk.
    “Iul[ia]. Of all the faire reſort of Gentlemen, / That euery day with par’le encounter me, / In thy opinion which is worthieſt loue?”
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noun

  1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Parley; talk.
    “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. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A nasty encounter.
    “Hor[atio].[…]So frown’d he once, when in an angry parle / He ſmot the ſledded Pollax on the Ice.”

verb

  1. (intransitive, obsolete)To talk; to converse; to parley.
    “[…]Knute finding himſelf too weak, began to parle,[…]”

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

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