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1. absterse, v. View full entry ?a1425
...trans. = absterge (lit. and fig.)....
2. accumulate, v. View full entry c1487
...trans. To heap up in a mass, to pile up (lit. and fig.); to amass, collect, or accrue (esp. wealth or possessions)....
3. addulce, v. View full entry 1477
...trans. To make sweet or pleasant; esp. to soften, soothe; to mollify....
4. advertise, v. View full entry 1426
...trans....
5. agate, n. View full entry ?1483
...= jet1a. Obs.rare....
6. † aggeration, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The process of accumulating, heaping, or building up (lit. and fig.), esp. of earth or stone (or both) by natural or manual means; the result of this; an...
7. † agrest, adj. and n. View full entry ?1440
...Belonging to the fields; uncultivated, wild; = agrestial; (hence) inferior, coarse....
8. aidant, adj. and n. View full entry 1449-50
...That provides aid or assistance; helpful. Now rare (chiefly literary in later use)....
9. aim, n. View full entry c1400
...An object aimed at; a mark, a target....
10. alarm, v. View full entry 1485
...trans. (refl.). To ready and equip oneself for battle. Cf. alarmed1. Obs....
11. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
12. aline, adv. View full entry c1400
...In a line or row....
13. all-witty, adj. View full entry a1425
...All-knowing, omniscient. In early use esp. of Christ....
14. alow, adv.1 and prep. View full entry c1400
...With reference to position: low or lower down; below something; down low. Now chiefly Sc....
15. aˈpprove | aˈpprow, v.2 View full entry 1483
...lit. To make profit to oneself of (e.g. land), by increasing the value or rent. esp. Said of the lord of a manor enclosing or appropriating to...
16. artation, n. View full entry 1441
...Compulsion; constraint; (also) urging, instigation....
17. artillery, n. View full entry c1405
...As a count noun: an implement of war. In later use as a mass noun: military equipment; weaponry. Also in extended use: hunting gear; equipment in general. Obs....
18. audit, n. View full entry 1435-6
...gen. A hearing, an audience; esp. a judicial hearing of complaints, a judicial examination. arch....
19. aurora, n. View full entry 1483
...The rising light of the morning; the dawn....
20. axle, n.2 View full entry 1405
...The centre-pin or spindle upon which a wheel revolves, or which revolves along with it....
