"accouple" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈkʌpəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-accouple.wav Forms: accouples [present, singular, third-person], accoupling [participle, present], accoupled [participle, past], accoupled [past]
Etymology: From Old French acopler, French accoupler. See couple. Equivalent to ad- + couple. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|acopler}} Old French acopler, {{der|en|fr|accoupler}} French accoupler, {{prefix|en|ad|couple}} ad- + couple Head templates: {{en-verb}} accouple (third-person singular simple present accouples, present participle accoupling, simple past and past participle accoupled)
  1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To join; to couple. Tags: obsolete, rare, transitive Synonyms: affix, attach, put together, unite, join
    Sense id: en-accouple-en-verb-0sYZMXeU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ad-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 62 31 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 41 5

Inflected forms

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