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1. abortive, n. and adj. View full entry a1382
...An aborted fetus; a stillborn child or animal. Cf. abortion2, abortus1. Obs....
2. accusator, n. View full entry a1382
...An accuser; spec. a plaintiff, a prosecutor....
3. adulter, n. View full entry c1384
...An adulterer, esp. a male one....
4. alien, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Belonging to another person, place, or family; not of one's own; from elsewhere, foreign....
5. burnt | burned, adj. View full entry a1382
...Set on fire, consumed with fire....
6. communication, n. View full entry a1382
...The fact of having something in common with another person or thing; affinity; congruity. Obs.rare....
7. communion, n. View full entry a1382
...The action or fact of sharing or holding something in common with others; mutual participation; the condition of things so held, mutuality, community, union....
8. cubit, n. View full entry 1382
...The part of the arm from the elbow downward; the forearm....
9. distinct, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Distinguished, differentiated. Obs....
10. ecstasy, n. View full entry 1382
...The state of being ‘beside oneself’, thrown into a frenzy or a stupor, with anxiety, astonishment, fear, or passion....
11. exercise, v. View full entry 1382
...trans. To put in action or motion....
12. faculty, n. View full entry a1382
...Of persons: An ability or aptitude, whether natural or acquired, for any special kind of action; formerly also, ability, ‘parts’, capacity in general. Sometimes (influenced by sense 4) used to...
13. gemel, n. View full entry 1382
...pl. Twins; said also of things associated in pairs. Obs....
14. † ˈhabitacle, n. View full entry 1382
...A dwelling-place, habitation....
15. householder, n. View full entry a1382
...A person who runs or manages a house or household; the head of a household or family....
16. humanity, n. View full entry c1384
...The quality of being humane (humane1a); (now) spec. kindness, benevolence....
17. idiot, n. and adj. View full entry c1384
...A person without learning; an ignorant, uneducated person; a simple or ordinary person. Now arch. and rare....
18. immunity, n. View full entry c1384
...Chiefly Law and in legal contexts....
19. lapidary, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Concerned with stones. rare....
20. liberal, adj. and n. View full entry c1384
...Free in giving; generous, magnanimous. Also with of....
