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1. abacinate, v. View full entry 1855
...trans. To blind by placing red-hot irons or reflective metal plates in front of the eyes. Also in extended use....
2. † abail, v.1 View full entry 1450
...trans. To provide bail for, to release on bail; (also) to pay bail to....
3. † abail, v.2 View full entry 1513
...trans. To reach, get to....
4. abalienate, v. View full entry a1555
...trans. To estrange or alienate in feeling; to cause to feel removed or distant. Also: to remove, distance. Freq. with from. Now rare....
5. † aban, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To summon, esp. by proclamation; spec. to call to arms. Freq. with out....
6. 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....
7. abase, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To lower in rank, condition, or character; to humble, humiliate, degrade. In later use chiefly refl....
8. abastardize, v. View full entry 1574
...trans. To declare or render illegitimate; (hence) to make corrupt or degenerate; to debase. Cf. bastardize...
9. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
10. 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....
11. † abattle, v.1 View full entry c1380
...trans. To fortify. Cf. embattle3....
12. † abattle, v.2 View full entry c1400
...trans. To engage in battle....
13. 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...
14. abduce, v. View full entry 1537
...trans. = abduct2a. Now chiefly U.S....
15. abear, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To bear, carry; to raise up. Obs....
16. † abeche, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To feed. Only in pa. pple....
17. † abelde, v. View full entry c1400
...intr. To become bold....
18. † abequitate, v. View full entry 1623
...intr. To ride away....
19. aberr, v. View full entry c1540
...intr. To go astray, diverge from a recognized path. Chiefly fig. and in figurative contexts....
20. aberuncate, v. View full entry 1731
...trans. To pull up by the roots; to remove entirely....
