parley
noun
a discussion or conference.
have parleyed
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present perfectof parley.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He is said to have temporarily absconded, and to have parleyed with his creditors from a distance till they agreed to accept a composition.
From Daniel Defoe by William Minto
Martin-Roget would have parleyed with them but Chauvelin had already crossed the hall and was striding past the clerk's office and the lodge of the concierge out toward the open.
From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
If you like it better, sir, I'll say that I have parleyed long enough with you to suit my temper.
From The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
At any other time, Donald would not have parleyed a moment with the man, but, as the reader may have surmised, he had reasons of his own for prolonging the interview.
From Donald and Dorothy by Mary Mapes Dodge
For HE needn't have stopped resisting and refusing, needn't have parleyed, at that rate, with the foe.
From The Ambassadors by Henry James
