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1. abridge, v. View full entry c1384
...trans. To cut short or reduce (a period of time, as the duration of something); to shorten the duration of; to end (something) earlier than expected or planned. Cf. abbreviate...
2. absence, n. View full entry c1384
...The state of being absent or away from a place, or from the company of a person or persons. Also occas.: an instance of this. Freq. with possessive adjectives. Contrasted with ...
3. accept, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. (formerly (17th–18th centuries) also †intr. with of (obs.))....
4. accusation, n. View full entry a1382
...An act of accusing; a charge or claim of lawbreaking or wrongdoing; a criticism....
5. actor, n. View full entry c1384
...A guardian, a steward; a person who acts on behalf of another. Obs....
6. affirm, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. To assert (something) strongly; to state as a fact....
7. alien, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Belonging to another person, place, or family; not of one's own; from elsewhere, foreign....
8. annual, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Of or belonging to the year; reckoned, payable, or engaged by the year; yearly....
9. † ˈarbitrer | ˈarbitror, n. View full entry 1382
...Earlier equivalent of arbitrator...
10. Areopagite, n. View full entry 1382
...A member of the court of Areopagus....
11. beseecher, n. View full entry 1382
...One who beseeches; a suppliant, a petitioner....
12. † ˈbreakeress, n. View full entry a1382
...A woman who breaks....
13. bundle, n. View full entry a1382
...That which binds; a bandage. Obs.rare....
14. caption, n. View full entry 1382
...Taking, catching, seizure, capture. Now rare....
15. challenger, n. View full entry a1382
...One who challenges, in various senses: spec....
16. circuit, n. View full entry a1382
...The line, real or imaginary, described in going round any area; the distance round; the compass, circumference, containing line or limits....
17. civility, n. View full entry c1384
...The position or status of being a citizen; citizenship. Obs....
18. cognation, n. View full entry 1382
...The relation between persons descended from a common ancestor; kinship, relationship, consanguinity. (Common in 17th c.; now rare.)...
19. concourse, n. View full entry 1382
...The running or flocking together of people; the condition or state of being so gathered together. to have concourse: to resort in crowds to, unto....
20. condemnation, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of condemning or of pronouncing adverse judgement on; judicial conviction; expression of disapprobation or strong censure; the fact of being condemned: as in ‘your condemnation of me’, ‘my condemnation by...
