Hypertext Webster Gateway: "parleying"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Parley \Par"ley\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Parleyed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Parleying}.]
To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual
concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer
orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an
exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace.
They are at hand, To parley or to fight; therefore
prepare. --Shak.
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