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1. ability, n. View full entry a1398
...Suitableness or adaptation for a purpose; fitness, aptitude; (also) an instance of this. Obs....
2. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a word: denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Freq. in abstract noun. Opposed to concrete....
3. adjective, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Grammar. That is an adjective (sense B. 1a)....
4. advisement, n. View full entry a1387
...The action or an act of stipulating what action is required; an instruction, a directive, an injunction. Obs....
5. afforcing, n. View full entry a1398
...Effort, exertion. Obs....
6. apprehend, v. View full entry a1398
...To lay hold upon, seize, with hands, teeth, etc. Also said of fire, and fig. of trembling, fear, etc. Obs. or arch....
7. appreˈhending, n. View full entry 1398
...The action of apprehend; apprehension, esp. in senses 3712....
8. apprehension, n. View full entry a1398
...The action of laying hold of or seizing (physically); prehension, grasping. rare....
9. associate, adj. and n. View full entry 1398
...Joined in companionship, function, or dignity....
10. audience, n. View full entry a1387
...The action, practice, or fact of holding a judicial hearing or hearings; Also: the opportunity to have a case or complaint heard in a formal assembly or court of law. Obs....
11. avoidance, n. View full entry a1398
...The action of emptying a vessel, etc., or of emptying away its contents; hence, a clearing away, removal; ejection, excretion. Obs....
12. bum, n.1 View full entry a1387
...‘The buttocks, the part on which we sit’ (Johnson); the posteriors....
13. civil, adj., n., and adv. View full entry a1387
...Of warfare, conflict, etc.: occurring within a society or community; taking place between inhabitants of the same country or state, or between the populace and the ruling power; of or relating to...
14. close, adj. and adv. View full entry a1387
...gen. Closed, shut; having no part left open. Often as complement of predicate, as in to shut close. (Cf. B. 1.)...
15. commixtion, n. View full entry 1387
...The action of mixing or blending together, commingling. Obs....
16. compensation, n. View full entry 1387
...The action of compensating, or condition of being compensated; counterbalance, rendering of an equivalent, requital, recompense....
17. confederacy, n. View full entry a1387
...A union by league or contract between persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or joint action; a league, alliance, compact....
18. confederate, adj. and n. View full entry a1387
...as pa. pple.= confederated...
19. conservator, n. View full entry a1402
...An officer appointed to conserve or manage something; a keeper, administrator, trustee of some organization, interest, right, or resource; a member of a conservancy. Freq. in official or descriptive titles...
20. construction, n. View full entry a1387
...The action of framing, devising, or forming, by the putting together of parts; erection, building....
