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1. abase, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To lower in rank, condition, or character; to humble, humiliate, degrade. In later use chiefly refl....
2. abastardize, v. View full entry 1574
...trans. To declare or render illegitimate; (hence) to make corrupt or degenerate; to debase. Cf. bastardize...
3. aberuncate, v. View full entry 1731
...trans. To pull up by the roots; to remove entirely....
4. aboard, v. View full entry 1458
...trans. To approach, draw near to; to enter, set foot on; to land on; to board....
5. abound, v.1 View full entry c1325
...intr. To be plentiful; to exist or be present in large numbers or in great quantity; to prevail widely; to come to a person abundantly....
6. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
7. absterge, v. View full entry 1526
...trans. To wipe away; to wipe clean, cleanse. Also occas. intr....
8. absterse, v. View full entry ?a1425
...trans. = absterge (lit. and fig.)....
9. abstersion, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The act or process of wiping clean, cleansing, scouring, or purging. Also concr.: †an abstersive agent (obs.)....
10. abstract, v. View full entry 1449
...trans. Chiefly Sc. in early use. To take away, extract, or remove (something); to move (a person or thing) away, withdraw. Freq. with from....
11. absumption, n. View full entry 1617
...The process of gradually destroying something, or of wasting away....
12. abysm, n. View full entry c1350
...= abyss1c. Now arch. and rare....
13. accept, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. (formerly (17th–18th centuries) also †intr. with of (obs.))....
14. accidie, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Physical or mental slothfulness, esp. as a condition leading to listlessness and lack of interest in life; apathy, lethargy, torpor; (also) †an instance of this (obs.)....
15. accipitrary, n. View full entry 1633
...A person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer....
16. accompany, v. View full entry 1426
...trans....
17. accord, v. View full entry lOE
...trans....
18. accouchement, n. View full entry 1730
...The confinement of a woman to bed for the birth of a child; the delivery of a child, childbirth. Also: an instance of this. Cf. accoucheur...
19. accoucheuse, n. View full entry 1795
...A woman who assists in childbirth, esp. one who is professionally trained; a (female) midwife....
20. † acold, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To become cold; (fig.) to decline in ardour, to cool off. Cf. acool1....
