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1. † abandon, n.1 View full entry a1425
...Chiefly Sc.at (also in) abandoun: recklessly, impetuously; unreservedly, freely. to give in abandon: to give freely....
2. ablution, n. View full entry c1405
...Chem. Originally: the purification of oils and other substances by a process of emulsification with hot water, the water being drained off after the two immiscible liquids have been allowed to...
3. absent, v. View full entry a1425
...intr. To withdraw, remove oneself; to stay away. In later use chiefly S. Asian....
4. acater, n. View full entry c1415
...A purchaser of provisions; a provider or preparer of foodstuffs or delicacies; a purveyor, a caterer....
5. accomplish, v. View full entry c1405
...trans. To fulfil, perform, or carry out successfully (an undertaking, desire, request, etc.); to achieve (one's object)....
6. accustomance, n. View full entry c1405
...Customary use or practice; custom, habit; (in later use) the action of making a person or thing accustomed to something; familiarization. Also as a count noun....
7. † achate, n.2 View full entry c1405
...The act of buying something. Also: an instance of this, a purchase....
8. achatour, n. View full entry c1405
...An officer who purchases provisions for the household of the king or a lord, a purveyor (now hist.). Also: gen. a purchaser of provisions....
9. † acompass, adv. View full entry c1450
...In a circle....
10. adjuration, n. View full entry c1405
...The action or an act of invoking, summoning, or commanding an evil spirit; an incantation used for this. Cf. exorcism...
11. † adjust, v.1 View full entry c1450
...trans. To put (something) to a person for consideration; to bring forward, suggest....
12. admonition, n. View full entry ?c1400
...The action of admonishing; authoritative advice or warning; reproof, censure....
13. adornment, n. View full entry c1405
...The action or an act of adorning or embellishing something; the result of this; embellishment, ornamentation....
14. advertence, n. View full entry c1405
...A person's mind; consciousness. Also with possessive adjective. Obs....
15. † advocary, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Perh.: an act of pleading or advocating....
16. affect, v.2 View full entry c1425
...trans. Of a disease: to act on, lay hold of, or attack (a person, organ, etc.) contagiously. Also in extended use. (In later use merging with sense 3.)...
17. agree, v. View full entry a1413
...trans....
18. † agree, adv. View full entry a1425
...Pleasantly, kindly. to take agree: to take kindly or in good part. Cf. in greegree1b....
19. agreeable, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c1405
...With to (also †unto). That is to someone's liking; pleasing to a person, or to his or her taste....
20. † agrotye, v. View full entry c1430
...trans. To fill to excess; to glut, surfeit. Chiefly as pa. pple....
