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1. ablatival, adj. View full entry 1653
...Of or relating to the ablative case....
2. ablatively, adv. View full entry 1653
...Grammar. In the ablative case; as an ablative....
3. absolutely, adv. and int. View full entry ?a1425
...To the fullest extent; in the highest degree; entirely, wholly, utterly. In later use freq. as simple intensifier....
4. absolutive, n. and adj. View full entry 1863
... The absolute form of a word (see absolute1)....
5. accent, v. View full entry 1530
...intr. To place the accent or stress in a word or musical phrase; to mark a rhythm or beat. Usu. with adverb or adverbial phrase. In later use chiefly U.S....
6. accentless, adj. View full entry 1807
...Not having vocal accent or stress; not having musical or rhythmic stress; unaccented....
7. accentology, n. View full entry 1881
...A system of accentuation or stress in speech; the study of accentuation....
8. accentuality, n. View full entry 1825
...In pl. Particulars or characteristics of accent or stress. rare....
9. accidence, n.2 View full entry c1434
...The branch of grammar which deals with the inflection of words, grammatical morphology; †an inflected form (obs.); (also) a book or treatise on the fundamentals of grammar (now hist....
10. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
11. accusatival, adj. View full entry 1842
...Of or relating to the accusative case....
12. accusatively, adv. View full entry 1743
...Grammar. In the form or manner of an accusative....
13. acrolect, n. View full entry 1965
...In a post-creole community, the social dialect most closely resembling the standard language; (also more generally) the most prestigious dialect or variety of a particular language. Cf. basilect, mesolect...
14. acrolectal, adj. View full entry 1971
...Relating to or characteristic of an acrolect....
15. acronym, n. View full entry 1940
...A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately; an initialism (such as ATM, TLS)....
16. acronym, v. View full entry 1967
...trans. To convert into an acronym; (also) to call by an acronym. Chiefly in pass....
17. acronymic, adj. View full entry 1948
...Of the nature of, relating to, or designated by an acronym....
18. acronymize, v. View full entry 1955
...trans. = acronym...
19. actional, adj. View full entry a1475
...Law. Of or relating to legal actions; actionable....
20. actively, adv. View full entry c1454
...By one's own action; voluntarily, deliberately; spontaneously; positively. Opposed to passively....
