parley
verb/ˈpɑːli/
/ˈpɑːrli/
[intransitive] (old-fashioned)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they parley | /ˈpɑːli/ /ˈpɑːrli/ |
| he / she / it parleys | /ˈpɑːliz/ /ˈpɑːrliz/ |
| past simple parleyed | /ˈpɑːlid/ /ˈpɑːrlid/ |
| past participle parleyed | /ˈpɑːlid/ /ˈpɑːrlid/ |
| -ing form parleying | /ˈpɑːliɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːrliɪŋ/ |
- parley (with somebody) to discuss something with somebody in order to solve a problemTopics Discussion and agreementc2Word Originlate Middle English (denoting speech or debate): perhaps from Old French parlee ‘spoken’, feminine past participle of the verb parler.
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