accouple

transitive verb

-ed/-ing/-s

obsolete

: join, couple

Word History

Etymology

Middle English acoplen, from Middle French accoupler, acopler, from a- (from Latin ad-) + cople couple

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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