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1. abbé, n.1 View full entry 1530
...In France or French contexts: an abbot. Also: a priest or clergyman in minor orders; esp. one without an assigned ecclesiastical duty, formerly often acting as a professor, private tutor,...
2. accent, v. View full entry 1530
...intr. To place the accent or stress in a word or musical phrase; to mark a rhythm or beat. Usu. with adverb or adverbial phrase. In later use chiefly U.S....
3. adage, n.1 View full entry 1530
...A traditional maxim; a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth....
4. adventurousness, n. View full entry 1530
...The quality of being adventurous (in various senses); exposure of oneself to jeopardy or peril, daring; (in weakened use) willingness to take risks or to try out new experiences, methods, or ideas....
5. † affectately, adv. View full entry 1540
...= affectedly...
6. aggravate, v. View full entry 1530
...trans....
7. † aglet, v. View full entry 1530
...intr. and trans. To attach a tag to the end of (a lace)....
8. ahead, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry 1530
...With run, in figurative contexts: headlong; unrestrainedly, rashly, hastily. Cf. on head (head1g(c)(i)). Obs....
9. air, v. View full entry 1530
...trans. To expose to the open air, to ventilate; occas. with out. Also intr.: to be exposed to the open air, to be ventilated....
10. alighten, v.2 View full entry 1530
...trans. To relieve (of a burden); to lighten, alleviate. Obs....
11. altercate, v. View full entry 1530
...intr. To dispute vehemently or angrily; to argue....
12. † aˈmazeful, adj. View full entry 1530
...actively, Causing amazement; driving one out of his wits; distracting....
13. amazing, n. View full entry 1530
...The action of causing amazement. (Now only gerundial.)...
14. † ˈamel, v. View full entry 1530
...To enamel. (Chiefly in pa. pple. ameled)...
15. † ˈameling, n. View full entry 1530
...Enamelling, inlaying....
16. antique, adj. and n. View full entry 1530
...Belonging to former times, ancient, olden. (Now generally rhetorical = of the ‘good old times.’)...
17. † aˈrase, v. View full entry 1530
...To raze, level with the ground, lay low. Also (? erroneously): to erase, obliterate....
18. archduke, n. View full entry 1530
...The chief duke: formerly title of the rulers of Austrasia, Lorraine, Brabant, and Austria, being assumed by those of Austria in 1359; now titular dignity of sons of...
19. archdukedom, n. View full entry 1530
...= archduchy...
20. argil, n. View full entry 1530
...Clay, esp. potter's clay. Also proposed as a name for alumina when the nature of that base was first discovered....
