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1. according, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...With to. Corresponding to something; agreeing, matching. Obs....
2. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
3. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
4. anagogical, adj. View full entry 1528
...Of words and their sense: mystical, spiritual, having a secondary spiritual sense, allegorical....
5. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
6. ascribe, v. View full entry 1382
...trans. To annex or add in writing, to subscribe:...
7. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
8. bank, n.2 View full entry 1275
...A long seat for several to sit on, a bench, or form; a platform or stage to speak from. Obs. (Cf. mountebank)...
9. cusp, n. View full entry 1579
...Astrol. The beginning or entrance of a ‘house’....
10. establish, v. View full entry c1374
...To render stable or firm....
11. express, v.1 View full entry 1382
...trans. To press, squeeze, or wring out; to press (juice, air, etc.) from, out of (anything). spec. to press or squeeze out (milk or other...
12. hay | hey, n.4 View full entry a1529
...A country dance having a winding or serpentine movement, or being of the nature of a reel....
13. hippodrome, n. View full entry 1585
...In Ancient Greek Hist. and Roman Hist. A course or circus for horse-races and chariot-races. Sometimes used as a high-sounding name for a modern circus....
14. hyper-, prefix View full entry 1611
...Formations in which, as in hyperborean, the prefix has the prepositional force of ‘over, beyond, or above’ (what is denoted by the second element)....
15. indite, v. View full entry a1340
...trans. To utter, suggest, or inspire a form of words which is to be repeated or written down; = dictate1. Also absol.Obs....
16. Irish, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry OE
...Of a person: native to Ireland; that is a citizen of Ireland; (also) descended from emigrants from Ireland to another country, esp. the United States or Australia (cf. Irish-American, ...
17. longanimity, n. View full entry c1450
...Long-suffering; forbearance or patience (e.g. under provocation). (See also quot. 1656.)...
18. longinquity, n. View full entry c1550
...Long distance; remoteness....
19. not, adv., n., and int. View full entry 1299
...Preceding a simple tense or form of a verb. Now usually (chiefly N. Amer.) with a subjunctive verb in a subordinate clause....
20. off, adv., prep., n.1, and adj. View full entry eOE
...Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off...
