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