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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. ablative, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar. Designating, being in, or relating to a case of nouns and pronouns, and of words in grammatical agreement with them, in Latin and certain other Indo-European languages, the central function...
3. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
4. 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....
5. accent, n. View full entry OE
...Any of a set of marks originally used with a letter to indicate the nature and position of the spoken accent, later of stress, in a written word; (also) any of these...
6. accentuality, n. View full entry 1825
...In pl. Particulars or characteristics of accent or stress. rare....
7. 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....
8. † accidentiary, n. and adj. View full entry 1590
...A student of grammatical accidence....
9. † accinate, v. View full entry 1652
...trans. To distinguish with a vocal accent or stress. Cf. accent1a....
10. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
11. acoustic, adj. and n. View full entry 1635
...Designating the sense or the organs of hearing; of or relating to the sense of hearing; auditory....
12. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
13. active, adj. and n. View full entry 1340
...Of a way or style of life: characterized by outward action rather than inward contemplation or speculation; practical. Esp. in active life, and chiefly in religious contexts. Opposed to ...
14. actively, adv. View full entry c1454
...By one's own action; voluntarily, deliberately; spontaneously; positively. Opposed to passively....
15. activo-passive, adj. View full entry 1860
...Characterized by both activity and passivity. Obs.rare....
16. actor, n. View full entry c1384
...A guardian, a steward; a person who acts on behalf of another. Obs....
17. actualize, v. View full entry 1809
...trans....
18. acute, v. View full entry 1504
...intr. To rise to a high pitch. Obs.rare....
19. adherescent, adj. View full entry 1743
...Adhering or tending to adhere; adhesive; associated (see adherent3). rare after 18th cent....
20. adhortatory, adj. View full entry 1534
...That exhorts or strongly encourages someone to do something, esp. something morally good; exhortatory, encouraging. Also (Grammar): = adhortative...
