v. Obs. Forms: 1 aceocian, 2 acheke(n, 4 achoke(n. [f. A- pref. 1 + CHOKE:—? OE. ceocian.] To choke, to suffocate.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 181. Adam þar-offe bot, and wearð þar mide acheked . and þureh þat one snede wearð al his ofspring acheked.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boethius, 47. Ȝif þou wilt achoken þe fulfillyng of nature wiþ superfluites. Ibid. (c. 1385), Leg. Good W., 2004. Whan that Theseus seeth The beest acheked, he shall on him leepe.
