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1. acceleration, n. View full entry 1490
...The action or process of accelerating or causing something to accelerate; speeding up; quickening. Also: an instance of this....
2. 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....
3. accumulate, v. View full entry c1487
...trans. To heap up in a mass, to pile up (lit. and fig.); to amass, collect, or accrue (esp. wealth or possessions)....
4. accumulation, n. View full entry 1490
...An accumulated mass; a heap, amount, or quantity formed by successive additions....
5. achievement, n. View full entry 1477
...The action of achieving something; completion, accomplishment, successful execution....
6. activity, n. View full entry a1425
...The state of being actively occupied; brisk or vigorous action; busyness, liveliness, vigour....
7. admission, n. View full entry 1423
...Acceptance into or appointment to an office, position, or status; spec. the institution of a member of the clergy to a benefice upon presentation to a bishop....
8. advanced, adj. View full entry c1460
...Promoted to an ecclesiastical living. Cf. advance2a. Obs....
9. † afaitement, n. View full entry c1400
...Proper behaviour or conduct; (good) manners....
10. agreed, adj. View full entry 1409
...Of two or more parties: that are at one on a particular matter; being in agreement; holding the same view or opinion (about, †in, †of, ...
11. 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...
12. † alterage, n. View full entry ?c1450
...In Ireland: the nursing and raising of another's child; such a system of fostering. Cf. fosterage2....
13. † appliant, adj. View full entry 1483
...Applying or inclining the mind; favourably inclined, docile, pliant; diligent. Also with to, unto....
14. approved, adj. View full entry 1489
...Proved or established by experience, tried, tested....
15. audit, n. View full entry 1435-6
...gen. A hearing, an audience; esp. a judicial hearing of complaints, a judicial examination. arch....
16. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
17. battel, n. View full entry c1475
...See quot. 1475 (Perhaps a distinct word.) Obs....
18. battledore, n. View full entry c1440
...A beetle or wooden ‘bat’ used in washing, also (when made cylindrical) for smoothing out or ‘mangling’ linen clothes; hence also applied to similarly shaped instruments, e.g. the...
19. ˈbed-ˌmaker, n. View full entry 1465
...One who constructs beds....
20. beginner, n. View full entry c1400
...One who begins; an originator, founder....
