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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
3. ability, n. View full entry a1398
...Suitableness or adaptation for a purpose; fitness, aptitude; (also) an instance of this. Obs....
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. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
6. acceleration, n. View full entry 1490
...The action or process of accelerating or causing something to accelerate; speeding up; quickening. Also: an instance of this....
7. acceptance, n. View full entry 1528-30
...Law. An agreement to abide by the act or contract of another, such as a predecessor in an office, by some act which amounts to a recognition or approval of it,...
8. access, n. View full entry c1300
...An attack, or the onset (of fever or disease); a repeated episode (of an intermittent or chronic disease); (esp. in early use) spec. the characteristic paroxysm...
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. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
11. 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...
12. act, n. View full entry a1382
...In pl., with capital initial, and freq. with the. More fully Acts of the Apostles. (The name of) one of the books of the New Testament...
13. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
14. 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....
15. addiction, n. View full entry ?1532
...The state or condition of being dedicated or devoted to a thing, esp. an activity or occupation; adherence or attachment, esp. of an immoderate or compulsive kind....
16. adempt, v. View full entry 1590
...trans. To take away, remove; (Law) = adeem Usu. in pass....
17. adjoiner, n. View full entry 1628
...A thing or person located next to or very near another; a neighbour. Obs.rare....
18. administration, n. View full entry c1350
...The action, or (occas.) an act, of administering or giving something to a person. Freq. with of....
19. administrative, adj. and n. View full entry 1651
...Of, relating to, or concerned with administration (in various senses); (in later use esp.) relating to or required for the running of a business, organization, etc....
20. advance, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To promote or help the progress, success, or completion of (something); to further....
