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1. ABC, n.1 View full entry c1325
...The alphabet. Freq. with reference to the teaching or learning of this, now esp. in to know one's ABC. Also in pl. in same sense....
2. above ground, adv. and adj. View full entry a1393
...Above the ground. Opposed to underground1a....
3. abridge, v. View full entry c1384
...trans. To cut short or reduce (a period of time, as the duration of something); to shorten the duration of; to end (something) earlier than expected or planned. Cf. abbreviate...
4. abridged, adj. View full entry a1382
...Shortened, cut short; limited, curtailed....
5. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a word: denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Freq. in abstract noun. Opposed to concrete....
6. abstractive, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of, relating to, or expressing abstract ideas or concepts; engaged in, or able to engage in, the process of considering something theoretically or in the abstract. Cf. abstract1b....
7. abstractly, adv. View full entry a1398
...Without reference to concrete examples or particular instances; in the abstract....
8. † abusion, n. View full entry c1350
...Contemptuous or insulting language; scurrility, abuse. Also: a verbal insult....
9. academy, n. View full entry a1382
...With capital initial....
10. accident, n. View full entry 1395
...Philos. In Aristotelian thought: a property or quality not essential to a substance or object; something that does not constitute an essential component, an attribute. Cf. substance4a....
11. accidental, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1387-8
...Not essential to the existence of a thing; not necessarily present, incidental, secondary, subsidiary....
12. accordance, n. View full entry 1388
...Agreement or accord between people; harmonious relations; an instance of this. Also in early use: a formal agreement. Now rare....
13. accordant, adj. and adv. View full entry a1325
...Without construction. In accord or agreement; similar, alike; harmonious, agreeable....
14. according, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...With to. Corresponding to something; agreeing, matching. Obs....
15. † accordment, n. View full entry c1330
...Reconciliation; harmony, accord. Also: an agreement....
16. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
17. act, n. View full entry a1382
...In pl., with capital initial, and freq. with the. More fully Acts of the Apostles. (The name of) one of the books of the New Testament...
18. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
19. actor, n. View full entry c1384
...A guardian, a steward; a person who acts on behalf of another. Obs....
20. actuality, n. View full entry a1398
...Capacity for action, effective power; activity. Also: an instance of this. Obs....
