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1. abated, adj. View full entry ?c1400
...Reduced, diminished, lessened (esp. in quality or amount)....
2. † achate, n.2 View full entry c1405
...The act of buying something. Also: an instance of this, a purchase....
3. 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.)...
4. altercation, n. View full entry c1405
...The action of disputing vehemently or angrily....
5. ambassador | embassador, n. View full entry c1374
...An official messenger sent (singly, or as one of a party) by or to a sovereign or public body; an envoy, commissioner, or representative. esp....
6. annex, v. View full entry c1386
...To join, unite (to):...
7. appearance, n. View full entry c1384
...The action of coming forward into view or becoming visible....
8. appoint, v. View full entry c1374
...intr. (and pass.) usually with inf. or subord. clause: To come to a point about a matter in discussion, to agree, settle, arrange definitely. ...
9. appurtenant, adj. and n. View full entry c1386
...Belonging as a property or legal right (to); spec. in Law, constituting a property or right subsidiary to one which is more important....
10. arrest, n.1 View full entry c1385
...The act of standing still, halting, or stopping; stoppage, stop, halt, delay. Obs.without arrest: cf. without abodeabode1 (Chaucer, Lydgate, and Scottish poets)....
11. arrest, v. View full entry c1374
...To stop, come to a stand, halt. Obs....
12. assurance, n. View full entry c1374
...A promise or engagement making a thing certain; a formal engagement, pledge, or guarantee....
13. award, n. View full entry c1386
...A decision after examination, a judicial sentence, esp. that of an arbitrator or umpire; the document embodying it....
14. award, v.1 View full entry c1386
...To examine a matter and adjudicate upon its merits; to decide, determine, after consideration or deliberation. Obs....
15. benevolence, n. View full entry c1384
...Disposition to do good, desire to promote the happiness of others, kindness, generosity, charitable feeling (as a general state or disposition towards mankind at large)....
16. border, n. View full entry c1374
...A side, edge, brink, or margin; a limit, or boundary; the part of anything lying along its boundary or outline....
17. bribery, n. View full entry c1386
...Purloining, larceny, theft, robbery. Obs....
18. carriage, n. View full entry c1386
...Carrying or bearing from one place to another; conveyance....
19. casual, adj. and n. View full entry c1374
...Subject to, depending on, or produced by chance; accidental, fortuituous....
20. centre | center, n. and adj. View full entry c1374
...The point round which a circle is described; the middle point of a circle or sphere, equally distant from all points on the circumference....
