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1. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
2. accept, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. (formerly (17th–18th centuries) also †intr. with of (obs.))....
3. accord, v. View full entry lOE
...trans....
4. acquit, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans....
5. addict, v. View full entry 1534
...trans.Roman Law. To deliver or hand over formally (a person or thing) in accordance with a judicial decision; cf. addiction4. Also intr., fig....
6. adhere, v. View full entry 1461-2
...Usu. with to....
7. advance, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To promote or help the progress, success, or completion of (something); to further....
8. advise, v. View full entry c1325
...trans. To look at, observe, examine, scrutinize; (also) to see, discern. Obs....
9. advisement, n. View full entry a1387
...The action or an act of stipulating what action is required; an instruction, a directive, an injunction. Obs....
10. age, n. View full entry c1275
...A naturally distinct section of a person's or animal's existence; a particular period or stage of life. Often with defining word or phrase specifying the stage....
11. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
12. alms, n. View full entry eOE
...Charitable relief given to the poor or needy, usu. (now only) in the form of material gifts, typically of money or food; (in later use esp.) the goods given in...
13. amend, v. View full entry c1220
...To free (a person) from faults, correct, reform, turn from wrong, convert....
14. ampliation, n. View full entry 1509
...Enlarging, extending, amplification....
15. ancient, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1366
...Of or belonging to time past, former, earlier, bygone. arch., exc. when approaching sense A. 2....
16. anent, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...In a line with, side by side with, in company with, beside. Obs. or dial....
17. animadvert, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To turn the mind or attention to, pay attention or attend to; to observe, notice. Also with that-clause. Obs....
18. annex, v. View full entry c1386
...To join, unite (to):...
19. apparency, n. View full entry 1393
...The quality, state, or fact of appearing or seeming; seemingness, semblance, appearance. Obs....
20. apparent, adj. and n. View full entry c1375
...Meeting the eyes, showing itself; open to sight, visible, plainly seen. arch....
