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1. 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....
2. causal, adj. and n. View full entry 1530
...Of or relating to a cause or causes....
3. chronical, adj. View full entry 1530
...Of or relating to verbal tense. Obs....
4. compound, n.1 View full entry 1530
...quasi-concr. A union, combination, or mixture of elements....
5. conjugate, v. View full entry 1530
...trans. To yoke together, to couple; to join together, unite. rare....
6. conjugating, n. View full entry 1530
...The action of conjugate...
7. continuative, adj. and n. View full entry 1530
...Tending or serving to continue or impart continuity: †of material substance (obs.); of existence, action, etc....
8. contract, v. View full entry 1530
...trans. To agree upon, establish by agreement, to undertake mutually, or enter upon a convention or treaty,a legal or business engagement. Now rare exc. as in ...
9. declinable, adj. View full entry 1530
...Capable of being declined; having case-endings....
10. definite, adj. and n. View full entry 1530
...Having fixed or exact limits; clearly defined, determinate, fixed, certain; exact, precise. (Of material, or, more commonly, immaterial things.)...
11. derivation, n.1 View full entry 1530
...The action or process of leading or carrying a current of water, or the like, from a source, to another part; concr. a branch of a...
12. derivative, adj. and n. View full entry 1530
...Characterized by transmission, or passing from one to another. Obs....
13. determiner, n.1 View full entry 1530
...He who or that which determines, in various senses....
14. disjunctive, adj. and n. View full entry 1530
...Having the property of disjoining or disconnecting; characterized by or involving disjunction or separation....
15. figurate, adj. and n. View full entry 1530
...Framed according to, or exemplifying, ‘figures’ of grammar or rhetoric. Obs....
16. † ˈfigurately, adv. View full entry 1530
...= figuratively12....
17. frequentative, adj. and n. View full entry 1530
...Accustomed, versed in. Obs.Sc.rare....
18. imperative, adj. and n. View full entry 1530
...Grammar. Expressing command: applied to the verbal mood (or any form belonging to it) which expresses a command, request, or exhortation....
19. inchoation, n. View full entry 1530
...Beginning, commencement; origination; initial or early stage....
20. inchoative, adj. and n. View full entry 1530
...That is in an initial or incipient stage; rudimentary, inchoate; belonging to or of the nature of a beginning or commencement, initial....
