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1. accompany, v. View full entry 1426
...trans....
2. act, n. View full entry a1382
...In pl., with capital initial, and freq. with the. More fully Acts of the Apostles. (The name of) one of the books of the New Testament...
3. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
4. adjectival, adj. and n. View full entry 1647
...Grammar. That is or functions as an adjective; of, relating to, of the nature of, or characteristic of an adjective or adjectives....
5. ample, adj. View full entry 1481
...Extending far and wide; broad, wide, spacious. (Now always eulogistic: abundantly, excellently wide.)...
6. arrangement, n. View full entry 1715
...The action of arranging or disposing in order....
7. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
8. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
9. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
10. blank, n. View full entry 1480
...A small French coin, originally of silver, but afterwards of copper; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English. According to Littré,...
11. ˈblooming, adj. View full entry c1375
...That blooms, or is in flower....
12. business, n. View full entry OE
...Anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness. Obs....
13. busy, adj. View full entry eOE
...Occupied with or concentrating on a particular activity; actively engaged; doing something that engrosses the attention....
14. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
15. colourful | colorful, adj. View full entry 1848
...Full of or characterized by colour; esp. brightly coloured....
16. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
17. cultural, adj. and n. View full entry 1856
...Of or relating to intellectual and artistic pursuits....
18. D, n. View full entry c1000
...the fourth letter of the Roman alphabet, corresponding in position and power to the Phoenician and Hebrew Daleth, and Greek Delta, Δ, whence also its form was derived...
19. dash, v.1 View full entry c1290
...To strike with violence so as to break into fragments; to break in pieces by a violent stroke or collision; to smash. Now generally with complement, as to dash to pieces...
20. death, n. View full entry c888
...The act or fact of dying; the end of life; the final cessation of the vital functions of an animal or plant....
