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1. abbreviate, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance; to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting the less important passages; to condense, summarize, abridge....
2. abecedary, n.2 View full entry ?a1475
...= ABC4. Now chiefly hist....
3. abrase, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. = abrade12....
4. absolve, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To set free or discharge from (also of) an oath, obligation, liability, etc....
5. † accurrent, adj. View full entry ?a1475
...That runs or flows towards a particular place....
6. † adempt, adj. View full entry ?a1475
...Taken away, removed....
7. adject, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1475
...Adjacent; adjoining. Obs....
8. adject, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To join on, to annex (a territory). Obs....
9. adolescency, n. View full entry ?a1475
...= adolescence...
10. Adriatic, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1475
...(the name of) the sea between the Italian peninsula and the Balkans....
11. adulator, n. View full entry ?a1475
...A person who offers adulation; (originally) one who flatters obsequiously or sycophantically; (now usually) one who admires and praises uncritically or excessively....
12. afflate, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To inflate or fill (chiefly fig.); to blow or breathe on; (also) to inspire by divine or spiritual means. Also intr....
13. † agible, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1475
...Proper or possible to be done; practicable, practical....
14. alienate, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. Chiefly Law. To transfer or surrender ownership of (property rights); to make over to another owner. Also intr....
15. alleviate, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To make (pain, suffering, etc.) less severe; to relieve; to ease, reduce. Also occas. intr....
16. alphabet, n. View full entry ?a1475
...A set of letters arranged in a conventional order used in a particular writing system; esp. (with the) the set of 26 letters from A to Z used...
17. Alpine, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1475
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Alps (see Alp1a), the surrounding regions, or (in later use) any high mountains or mountainous regions....
18. amenity, n. View full entry 1432-50
...The quality of being pleasant or agreeable:...
19. animadvert, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To turn the mind or attention to, pay attention or attend to; to observe, notice. Also with that-clause. Obs....
20. animosity, n. View full entry ?a1475
...Spiritedness, liveliness; high spirit; courage, bravery. Now Eng. regional (Lincs. and Yorks.)....
