v. Obs., also 5 acowardyse. [f. Fr. accouardis(s-) extended stem of accouardir: see prec.; assimilated to vbs. in -IZE.] = ACCOWARD.
1480. Caxton, Ovid’s Metam., XII. xiii. [Patroclus] assayled the Troyans whom he greved moche and acowardysed and mad them torne to flyghte.
1611. Cotgr., Acouhardir: To accowardize, effiminate, make faint-hearted.
