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The Collaborative International Dictionary

Accoy

Accoy \Ac*coy"\, v. t. [OF. acoyer; ac-, for L. ad. See Coy.]

1. To render quiet; to soothe. [Obs.]
   --Chaucer.

2. To subdue; to tame; to daunt. [Obs.]

   Then is your careless courage accoyed.
   --Spenser.

Wiktionary

accoy

vb. (context obsolete English) To soothe, to calm; to assuage, to subdue. (14th-19th c.)