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1. abatable, adj. View full entry c1430
...That may be abated; liable to be abated (in various senses of abate)....
2. abated, adj. View full entry ?c1400
...Reduced, diminished, lessened (esp. in quality or amount)....
3. abjured, adj. View full entry 1533
...That has abjured or renounced heresy, a religion, etc. Now hist....
4. above bounden, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1550
...Of a person: that is under a legal obligation set out previously in the present document. Also as ...
5. above-recited, adj. View full entry 1534
...Recited previously in the present text....
6. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
7. 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....
8. accessary, n. and adj. View full entry 1451
...Of a person: = accessory1....
9. accessory, n. and adj. View full entry 1414
...Chiefly Law. A person who incites or assists someone to commit an arrestable offence, or who knowingly aids someone who has committed such an offence (opposed to principal)....
10. accidental, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1387-8
...Not essential to the existence of a thing; not necessarily present, incidental, secondary, subsidiary....
11. accountant, adj. and n. View full entry 1429-30
...Giving or liable to give an account (esp. of conduct or the performance of duties); accountable, responsible. Esp. in earlier use, to stand accountant. Chiefly to (a person),...
12. accumulative, adj. View full entry 1641
...Formed by or arising from accumulation; increasing or designed to increase by successive additions; cumulative....
13. accusatorial, adj. View full entry 1788
...Of, relating to, or characterized by accusation; accusing, reproachful. Also in early use: prosecutorial....
14. accusatory, adj. View full entry a1400
...Of, relating to, or characterized by accusation; of the nature of or containing an accusation....
15. accused, adj. and n. View full entry c1450
...That is accused; charged with a crime or fault. Also: (modifying an agent noun) that is accused of being the thing specified; alleged....
16. acquitted, adj. and n. View full entry 1624
...That has been acquitted, esp. of a formal charge or accusation, exonerated. Also: that has been granted acquittance (acquittance5)....
17. actionable, adj. View full entry a1601
...Giving cause for legal action....
18. actional, adj. View full entry a1475
...Law. Of or relating to legal actions; actionable....
19. actual, adj. and n. View full entry c1350
...Chiefly Theol. Characteristic of or relating to acts or action; exhibited in or arising from deeds; practical, active. Now chiefly in actual grace and actual sin....
20. † adjectician, adj. View full entry 1880
...Designating a legal action against a paterfamilias concerning a debt incurred by a third party for whom he is responsible, such as a slave or member of his household (see quot.)....
