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1. abandon, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To let go, give up, renounce (a pursuit, practice, possession, etc.); to cease to use, have, or practise....
2. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
3. abate, v.2 View full entry c1436
...trans. (refl.). To take possession of land between the death of the owner and the accession of the heir, thereby keeping the legitimate heir out of possession....
4. abdicate, v. View full entry 1532
...trans. To proclaim or declare to be no longer one's own; to disown, cast off; esp. to disown or disinherit a child. Obs. (hist. in...
5. abjure, v. View full entry 1430
...trans. To renounce on oath, forswear; to withdraw, retract, recant (a heresy or other opinion or position formerly held). Now hist....
6. able, v. View full entry a1400
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7. 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...
8. abrogate, v. View full entry ?1520
...trans. To repeal (a law, established usage, etc.); to abolish authoritatively or formally; to annul, to cancel....
9. † abroge, v. View full entry 1427
...trans. = abrogate...
10. absolve, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To set free or discharge from (also of) an oath, obligation, liability, etc....
11. accept, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. (formerly (17th–18th centuries) also †intr. with of (obs.))....
12. † acceptilate, v. View full entry 1880
...trans. To discharge (a debt) by an acquittance without payment. Cf. acceptilation...
13. † accite, v. View full entry c1475
...trans. To summon, to cite (a person) formally; to call. Cf. cite1, 2....
14. accord, v. View full entry lOE
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15. accresce, v. View full entry 1535
...intr. Chiefly with to in early use. To increase by accretion, grow up....
16. accrue, v. View full entry 1440
...intr. Esp. of advantage or profit: to fall to or devolve on someone as a natural growth or increment; to come by way of addition or increase, or as an accession...
17. accuse, v. View full entry OE
...trans. Without construction....
18. acknowledge, v. View full entry 1481
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19. acquit, v. View full entry ?c1225
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20. acquittance, v. View full entry 1464
...trans. To acquit; to give an acquittance to....
