accable

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See also: accablé

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French accabler (to overwhelm).

Verb

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accable (third-person singular simple present accables, present participle accabling, simple past and past participle accabled)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To overwhelm; to encumber. [17th–19th c.]

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.kabl/
  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Verb

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accable

  1. inflection of accabler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative