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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[OF.

acoyer

;

ac-

, for L.

. See

To render quiet; to soothe.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

To subdue; to tame; to daunt.

[Obs.]

Then is your careless courage

accoyed

Spenser.

Verb.

To render quiet or diffident; to soothe; to caress. [Obs.]

accoy ‎(third-person singular simple present accoys, present participle accoying, simple past and past participle accoyed)

(obsolete) To soothe, to calm; to assuage, to subdue. [14th-19th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:
  Of faire Pœana I received was, / And oft imbrast, as if that I were hee, / And with kind words accoyd, vowing great love to mee.