To couple or join together; to pair or unite two things.
From Old French acoupler, composed of a- (to) + couple. The prefix a- intensifies or completes the action, and the word was common in Middle English but is now archaic.
This word appears beautifully in medieval and Renaissance literature about courtship and partnership, but modernization replaced it with the simpler 'couple,' losing some of the formal intensity.
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