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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. adjective, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Grammar. That is an adjective (sense B. 1a)....
5. adult, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a person: having reached the age of maturity; grown-up....
6. ample, adj. View full entry 1481
...Extending far and wide; broad, wide, spacious. (Now always eulogistic: abundantly, excellently wide.)...
7. approach, v. View full entry c1305
...intr. To come nearer (relatively), or draw near (absolutely), in space....
8. arrangement, n. View full entry 1715
...The action of arranging or disposing in order....
9. 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...
10. 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...
11. 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....
12. bless, v.1 View full entry c950
...trans. To consecrate (a thing) by a religious rite, the utterance of a formula or charm; in later times by a prayer committing it to God for his patronage, defence, and...
13. bonus, n. View full entry 1785
...A boon or gift over and above what is normally due as remuneration to the receiver, and which is therefore something wholly ‘to the good’....
14. busy, adj. View full entry eOE
...Occupied with or concentrating on a particular activity; actively engaged; doing something that engrosses the attention....
15. buzzard, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Name for the genus Buteo of birds of the falcon family, esp. B. vulgaris. Applied also, with defining words, to other birds belonging to the Falconidæ:...
16. certain, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1297
...Determined, fixed, settled; not variable or fluctuating; unfailing. To avoid ambiguity from confusion with sense A. 7, the adj. is sometimes put after its n., as a certain day...
17. challenge, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To accuse, bring a charge against, arraign, impeach. Also absol.Obs. (or ? dial.)...
18. 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...
19. circulation, n. View full entry 1535
...Movement in a circle, circular motion or course....
20. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
