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parley (iou)



parley noun & verb. ['p¨»:li] LME.
[Perh. from Old French parlee use as noun of fem. pa. pple of parler speak: see PARLANCE, -Y5. Cf. BARLEY interjection.]
A. noun.
Speech, talk; conversation, discourse, conference; debate, argument. arch. LME.
H. G. Wells The schoolmaster without further parley..administered a sound thrashing.
An informal conference with an enemy, under truce, for discussing the mutual arrangement of matters such as terms of armistice, the exchange of prisoners, etc. L16.
G. F. Kennan Parleys began..which soon led to a cessation of hostilities.
b. verb.
verb intrans. Speak, talk; converse, discourse, confer, (with). arch. L16.
F. O'Brien The two of them parleyed together.
b. verb trans. Use in speech, speak (esp. a foreign language). L16.
verb intrans. Discuss terms; esp. hold a parley (with). E17.
E. Bowen She had parleyed, and made an alliance. V. Cronin To persuade proud Maria Theresa to parley with the king.
b. verb trans. Speak to, address; hold discussion or parley with. Now rare. E17.

Ripe (medicine)


ripe


1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. "So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap." (Milton)

2. Advanced to the state of Fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe Wine.

3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. "Ripe courage." "He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one." (Shak)

4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; said of sores, tumours, etc.

5. Ready for action or effect; prepared. "While things were just ripe for a war." (Addison) "I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies." (Burke)

6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. "Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip." (Shak)

7. Intoxicated. "Reeling ripe."

Synonym: Mature, complete, finished. See Mature.

Origin: AS. Ripe; akin to OS. Ripi, D. Rijp, G. Rief, OHG. Rift; cf. AS. Rip harvest, ripan to reap. Cf. Reap.

Source: Websters Dictionary