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1. abider, n. View full entry 1435
...A person who is steadfast, or who perseveres. Obs.rare....
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. abreast, adv. and prep. View full entry a1450
...Side by side and facing or moving in the same direction. Cf. breast7....
4. acquest, n. View full entry a1456
...The action or an act of acquiring something. Cf. acquist1. Obs....
5. acquire, v. View full entry a1450
...trans....
6. acquisition, n. View full entry c1400
...The action or an act of acquiring something; (also) the fact or condition of being acquired....
7. † adub, v. View full entry ?1473
...trans. To invest with the insignia of knighthood, or the title of a knight; to dub; (in extended use) to invest with some other title. Freq. with noun complement. arch....
8. advanced, adj. View full entry c1460
...Promoted to an ecclesiastical living. Cf. advance2a. Obs....
9. adventurer, n. View full entry 1466
...A person who undertakes or invests in a commercial adventure or enterprise; one who ventures capital in some project, esp. trade or settlement; a speculator. With capital initial: a member of an...
10. aegis, n. View full entry c1425
...Classical Mythol. A shield, piece of defensive armour, or garment carried or worn by Zeus (Jupiter) or Athene (Minerva); (also) a carved or painted representation of this....
11. affirmative, adj., n., and int. View full entry c1449
...Asserting that a fact is as stated or perceived; declaring what exists; expressing a positive response....
12. agent, n.1 and adj. View full entry a1500
...A person who or thing which acts upon someone or something; one who or that which exerts power; the doer of an action. Sometimes contrasted with the patient (instrument...
13. aggress, n. View full entry 1475
...Access, approach. Obs....
14. aid, n. View full entry 1419
...A levy or subsidy paid to the Crown to defray military or other extraordinary expenses. Now chiefly hist....
15. aidant, adj. and n. View full entry 1449-50
...That provides aid or assistance; helpful. Now rare (chiefly literary in later use)....
16. ailette, n. View full entry c1440
...Each of a pair of pieces of leather or other material worn over the shoulders as part of the accoutrements of an armoured knight or man-at-arms....
17. aim, n. View full entry c1400
...An object aimed at; a mark, a target....
18. alarm, v. View full entry 1485
...trans. (refl.). To ready and equip oneself for battle. Cf. alarmed1. Obs....
19. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
20. align, v. View full entry c1425
...trans.Hunting. Of a male animal: to copulate with (a female). Obs.rare....
