parle
English
Etymology
From Old French parler (“to speak”), from Late Latin *parabolō.
Quotations
- "So frowned he once, when in an angry parle
- He smote the angry Polacks on the ice – Horatio, in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 1, l 61–62.
Verb
parle (third-person singular simple present parles, present participle parling, simple past and past participle parled)
- To talk; to converse; to parley.
Quotations
- Of all the fair resort of gentlemen that every day with parle encounter me, in thy opinion which is worthiest love? – Julia, in "Two Gentlemen of Verona" by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2.
- Finding himself too weak, began to parle - Milton.
French
Verb
parle
Spanish
Verb
parle
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