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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. 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....
3. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
4. 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....
5. abatement, n.1 View full entry ?a1400
...The action of abate; wrongful occupation of land or property, usurpation; an instance of this. Freq. in abatement of freehold....
6. abating, n. View full entry 1370
...The action or process of reducing, or lessening; reduction, diminution, decrease; an instance of this....
7. 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...
8. abdication, n. View full entry 1552
...The action or practice of formally disowning or casting off a person, esp. one's child. Chiefly hist., with reference to ancient Greek and Roman law....
9. abearance, n. View full entry 1552
...Behaviour, conduct. Esp. (now only) in good abearance (Law): legally acceptable behaviour, as pledged under surety by an offender to avoid or reduce the severity of a punishment....
10. abetment, n. View full entry c1380
...Chiefly Law. The action or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed....
11. abeyancy, n. View full entry 1839
...= abeyance (in either sense)....
12. ability, n. View full entry a1398
...Suitableness or adaptation for a purpose; fitness, aptitude; (also) an instance of this. Obs....
13. abjudication, n. View full entry 1623
...The action or an act of taking away by judicial decision. Also: the action of passing judgement against a person or thing....
14. 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....
15. abjured, adj. View full entry 1533
...That has abjured or renounced heresy, a religion, etc. Now hist....
16. 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...
17. abridgement, n. View full entry 1439
...The action of reducing something in magnitude, extent, or duration; shortening, cutting short; curtailment, limitation; an instance of this. Cf. abbreviation3....
18. † abroge, v. View full entry 1427
...trans. = abrogate...
19. absence, n. View full entry c1384
...The state of being absent or away from a place, or from the company of a person or persons. Also occas.: an instance of this. Freq. with possessive adjectives. Contrasted with ...
20. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
