† aˈccoward,v.Obs. [a. mid. Fr.accouard-ir, f.à to + couard coward.] To render cowardly; to intimidate, cow, or make faint-hearted. 1530Palsgr. 416 I accowarde, I make one faynte herted, Je accouardys: I thought that all the wordes in the world shuld not have accowarded the.