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1. abacinate, v. View full entry 1855
...trans. To blind by placing red-hot irons or reflective metal plates in front of the eyes. Also in extended use....
2. † abaeile, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To anger, offend; to provoke....
3. † abail, v.2 View full entry 1513
...trans. To reach, get to....
4. abalienate, v. View full entry a1555
...trans. To estrange or alienate in feeling; to cause to feel removed or distant. Also: to remove, distance. Freq. with from. Now rare....
5. abandon, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To let go, give up, renounce (a pursuit, practice, possession, etc.); to cease to use, have, or practise....
6. † abare, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To lay bare, uncover; to strip. Also fig....
7. abase, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To lower in rank, condition, or character; to humble, humiliate, degrade. In later use chiefly refl....
8. abash, v. View full entry c1384
...trans. To cause (a person) to lose his or her self-possession or confidence, esp. as a result of a sudden sense of embarrassment, shame, or humiliation; to throw (a person, the...
9. † abastard, v. View full entry 1573
...trans. To corrupt, debase, make degenerate....
10. abastardize, v. View full entry 1574
...trans. To declare or render illegitimate; (hence) to make corrupt or degenerate; to debase. Cf. bastardize...
11. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
12. abate, v.2 View full entry c1436
...trans. (refl.). To take possession of land between the death of the owner and the accession of the heir, thereby keeping the legitimate heir out of possession....
13. † abate, v.3 View full entry a1475
...intr. Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to beat or flap the wings, to flutter. Cf. bate...
14. † abave, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. (in pass.). To be surprised, disconcerted, discomfited, upset. Also occas. intr....
15. † abay, v. View full entry c1400
...intr. Of a dog: to bark or bay, esp. at prey it is pursuing or has caught. Also in extended use, of a person....
16. abbreviate, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance; to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting the less important passages; to condense, summarize, abridge....
17. abdicate, v. View full entry 1532
...trans. To proclaim or declare to be no longer one's own; to disown, cast off; esp. to disown or disinherit a child. Obs. (hist. in...
18. abduce, v. View full entry 1537
...trans. = abduct2a. Now chiefly U.S....
19. abduct, v. View full entry 1765
...trans.Anat. and Zool. To draw (a part of the body) away from the median plane or midline, or away from another part. Contrasted with adduct. Cf....
20. † abeche, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To feed. Only in pa. pple....