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1. affection, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...The action or result of affecting the mind in some way; a mental state brought about by any influence; an emotion, feeling....
2. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
3. case, n.1 View full entry a1250
...A thing that befalls or happens to any one; an event, occurrence, hap, or chance....
4. circumstance, n. View full entry ?c1225
...That which stands around or surrounds; the totality of surrounding things; surroundings; environment. Obs. (exc. nonce-use as in 1832)....
5. clause, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A short sentence; a single passage or member of a discourse or writing; a distinct part or member of a sentence, esp. in Gramm. Analysis, one containing a...
6. double, adj.1 and adv. View full entry ?c1225
...Consisting of two members, things, or sets combined; twofold; forming a pair, paired, coupled; made of two layers of material, as a garment, etc. Often, with a sing. n., equivalent to ‘two’...
7. figure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The form of anything as determined by the outline; external form; shape generally; spec.figure of the earth: see geoid and quot. 1931....
8. form, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The visible aspect of a thing; now usually in narrower sense, shape, configuration, as distinguished from colour; occasionally, the shape or figure of the body as distinguished from the face....
9. general, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Including, participated in by, involving, or affecting, all, or nearly all, the parts of a specified whole, or the persons or things to which there is an implied reference; completely or approximately...
10. loose, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry ?c1225
...Unbound, unattached....
11. person, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A role or character assumed in real life, or in a play, etc.; a part, function, or office; a persona; a semblance or guise. Hence: any of the characters in a play...
12. point, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...A separate or single item, article, or element in an extended whole (usually an abstract whole, as a course of action, a subject of thought, a treatise, a discourse, a set of...
13. present, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...in (also into, intil, to) present: into a person's presence, esp. as an offering or gift. Obs....
14. proof, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Something that proves a statement; evidence or argument establishing a fact or the truth of anything, or belief in the certainty of something; an instance of this....
15. proper, adj., n., and adv. View full entry ?c1225
...Suitable for a specified or implicit purpose or requirement; appropriate to the circumstances or conditions; of the requisite standard or type; apt, fitting; correct, right....
16. relic, n. View full entry ?c1225
...In the Christian Church, esp. the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches: the physical remains (as the body or a part of it) of a saint, martyr, or other deceased holy person, or...
17. remission, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Forgiveness or pardon of sins or other offences. Cf. sense 2a....
18. sentence, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Way of thinking, opinion. Obs....
19. sign, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A gesture or motion used to convey information or instructions. Freq. in to make a sign (also to make signs)....
20. stop, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To close up (an aperture) by stuffing something into it, by building it up, or by placing something before it....
