Crossword clues for parleyed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parley \Par"ley\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Parleyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Parleying.] To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace.
They are at hand,
To parley or to fight; therefore prepare.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: parley)
Usage examples of "parleyed".
We parleyed with the crowd of Negro and Mulatto mule-thieves who make up the citizenry, and arranged for transportation to the City.
He knew what they weremore of those cursed creatures who had parleyed with his traitorous brother Axis on the root of Gorkenfort.
They parleyed and we watched to see would they disÂpatch any of their number after the horses but they did not.
A vagrant thought crossed her mind as she climbed, in which she mentally compared her former master with the _kozak_ chief with whom -- by compulsion -- she had shamefully flirted in the pavillions of the camp by Fort Ghori, where the Hyrkanian lords had parleyed with the warriors of the steppes.
He knew what they were - more of those cursed creatures who had parleyed with his traitorous brother Axis on the root of Gorkenfort.
But even as Fitz parleyed, the burly leader had shifted his three thousand archers to join our own.
In the meantime, Chitar, judging that those with whom Hoggle-Fitz parleyed would be delayed by their very distance in attacking him, came directly to the aid of Marack's hill.