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1. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
2. abate, v.2 View full entry c1436
...trans. (refl.). To take possession of land between the death of the owner and the accession of the heir, thereby keeping the legitimate heir out of possession....
3. abdicate, v. View full entry 1532
...trans. To proclaim or declare to be no longer one's own; to disown, cast off; esp. to disown or disinherit a child. Obs. (hist. in...
4. abjure, v. View full entry 1430
...trans. To renounce on oath, forswear; to withdraw, retract, recant (a heresy or other opinion or position formerly held). Now hist....
5. ablaqueate, v. View full entry ?1440
...trans. To loosen or remove the soil round the roots of (a tree, vine, etc.) so as to expose them to the sun and rain....
6. abolitionize, v. View full entry 1836
...trans. To imbue with the principles of abolitionism; to make (a person or community) opposed to slavery....
7. accroach, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To draw to oneself, catch, attract, acquire. In later use: spec. to assume (the prerogative of power) from another, to usurp....
8. † acold, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To become cold; (fig.) to decline in ardour, to cool off. Cf. acool1....
9. acquit, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans....
10. acquittance, v. View full entry 1464
...trans. To acquit; to give an acquittance to....
11. actuate, v. View full entry 1594
...trans. To carry out (a command, proposition, etc.) in practice; to actualize, perform, make real....
12. acuate, v. View full entry 1542
...trans. To make sharp, to sharpen. Also fig....
13. addict, v. View full entry 1534
...trans.Roman Law. To deliver or hand over formally (a person or thing) in accordance with a judicial decision; cf. addiction4. Also intr., fig....
14. address, v. View full entry a1325
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To direct (a written communication) to a specific person or destination; spec. (in early use) to write and send (a writ, a petition,...
15. adhere, v. View full entry 1461-2
...Usu. with to....
16. adhorn, v. View full entry 1605
...trans. To fit with horns (chiefly in a figurative sense); to cuckold (a person). Also in extended use. See horn7a....
17. adjourn, v. View full entry ?a1400
...trans....
18. adonize, v. View full entry 1611
...trans. To adorn, beautify; to titivate. Chiefly refl. (used chiefly of men). Formerly also with †it, with reflexive meaning. Now hist....
19. † adub, v. View full entry ?1473
...trans. To invest with the insignia of knighthood, or the title of a knight; to dub; (in extended use) to invest with some other title. Freq. with noun complement. arch....
20. advocate, v. View full entry c1529
...trans.Law (chiefly Sc.). To refer (a legal action) from a lower court to a higher court. Also occas. intr.: to order or request such a referral....
