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1. † anthropoˈmorphitize, v. View full entry 1810
...prop. To make, or act as, an anthropomorphite; improp. = anthropomorphize...
2. arrest, v. View full entry c1374
...To stop, come to a stand, halt. Obs....
3. ascribe, v. View full entry 1382
...trans. To annex or add in writing, to subscribe:...
4. assoil, v. View full entry 1297
...To absolve from sin, grant absolution to, pardon, forgive; = absolve2 ‘Whom God assoil!’ (Old French que Dieu assoille! Latin quem Deus absolvat!):...
5. averruncate, v. View full entry 1623
...prop. To avert, ward off....
6. avert, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. To turn away:...
7. be, v. View full entry eOE
...To have place in the objective universe or realm of fact, to exist; (spec. of God, etc.) to exist independently of other beings. Also: to exist in life, to live....
8. beautify, v. View full entry 1526
...trans. To render beauteous or beautiful; to make fair or lovely; to adorn, embellish, decorate....
9. betide, v. View full entry c1175
...intr. To happen, befall. Only in 3rd pers. and often impers....
10. decamp, v. View full entry 1678
...intr. (Mil.) To break up a camp; to remove from a place of encampment. Hence, said of other bodies or parties leaving a camping-place....
11. divest, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To unclothe, undress, disrobe; to strip of clothing, or of any covering, ornament, etc....
12. enjoy, v. View full entry c1380
...intr. To be in joy, or in a joyous state; to manifest joy, exult, rejoice....
13. ensue, v. View full entry 1398
...trans. To follow in (a person's steps); to follow (a leader, etc.). Obs....
14. envelop, v. View full entry 1386
...trans. To wrap up in, or as in, a garment or outer covering. Also fig....
15. establish, v. View full entry c1374
...To render stable or firm....
16. express, v.1 View full entry 1382
...trans. To press, squeeze, or wring out; to press (juice, air, etc.) from, out of (anything). spec. to press or squeeze out (milk or other...
17. † extirp, v. View full entry 1483
...trans. To root up (plants); = extirpate2....
18. founder, v. View full entry c1330
...trans. To burst or smash (something) in; to force a passage through. Obs....
19. † hest, v. View full entry 14..
...trans. To promise....
20. hurtle, v. View full entry a1250
...To strike, dash, or knock (something against something else, or two things together); †to knock or thrust down with force or violence; †to run (a ship) aground....
