† accowardizev.

Forms: late Middle English acowardyse, 1600s accowardize.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymons: French accouardiss-, accouardir.

Etymology: Probably < Middle French accouardiss-, extended stem (compare -ish suffix²) of accouardir accoward v., with remodelling of the ending after verbs in -ize suffix.

Obsolete.

transitive. To render cowardly; to intimidate, cow, or make faint-hearted.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > daunt (a person's) courage

cowardc1300

anarrowc1400

accowardize1480

accoward1481

daunton1535

quail1548

daunt1569

quay1590

disheart1603

dishearten1606

cravena1616

break1619

unsoula1634

unnerve1638

cowardize1648

daff1673

to put (a person) off his (also her) mettle1745

becoward1831

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xii. xiii [Patroclus] assayled the Troyans whom he greved moche and acowardysed and mad them torne to flyghte.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Acouhardir, to accowardize, effiminate, make faint-hearted.

1642 T. Matthew tr. St. Teresa of Avila Flaming Hart x. 111 Our very Humilitie..serues but to accowardize the minde.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	accowardize
释义	† accowardizev. Forms: late Middle English acowardyse, 1600s accowardize. Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymons: French accouardiss-, accouardir. Etymology: Probably < Middle French accouardiss-, extended stem (compare -ish suffix²) of accouardir accoward v., with remodelling of the ending after verbs in -ize suffix. Obsolete. transitive. To render cowardly; to intimidate, cow, or make faint-hearted. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > daunt (a person's) courage cowardc1300 anarrowc1400 accowardize1480 accoward1481 daunton1535 quail1548 daunt1569 quay1590 disheart1603 dishearten1606 cravena1616 break1619 unsoula1634 unnerve1638 cowardize1648 daff1673 to put (a person) off his (also her) mettle1745 becoward1831 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xii. xiii [Patroclus] assayled the Troyans whom he greved moche and acowardysed and mad them torne to flyghte. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Acouhardir, to accowardize, effiminate, make faint-hearted. 1642 T. Matthew tr. St. Teresa of Avila Flaming Hart x. 111 Our very Humilitie..serues but to accowardize the minde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1480
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