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1. abessive, adj. and n. View full entry 1854
...Designating, being in, or relating to a case in certain Finno-Ugric languages, esp. Finnish, which expresses the absence of something....
2. ablative, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar. Designating, being in, or relating to a case of nouns and pronouns, and of words in grammatical agreement with them, in Latin and certain other Indo-European languages, the central function...
3. ablaut, n. View full entry 1849
...The morphological variation of a root vowel in Germanic and other Indo-European languages; = gradation11....
4. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
5. absorption, n. View full entry 1597
...The action or process of swallowing up or engulfing a material thing; an instance of this. Obs....
6. accent, n. View full entry OE
...Any of a set of marks originally used with a letter to indicate the nature and position of the spoken accent, later of stress, in a written word; (also) any of these...
7. accentual, adj. View full entry 1610
...Of or relating to accent or stress in speech; based on stress, as distinct from quantity, pitch, or some other characteristic....
8. accentuate, v. View full entry ?1719
...To pronounce, say, or distinguish audibly with accent or stress; to place stress on; = accent1b....
9. 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....
10. † accidentiary, n. and adj. View full entry 1590
...A student of grammatical accidence....
11. † accinate, v. View full entry 1652
...trans. To distinguish with a vocal accent or stress. Cf. accent1a....
12. accommodate, v. View full entry 1531
...trans. To apply, attribute, or ascribe (esp. words) to a person. Obs....
13. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
14. † accurtation, n. View full entry ?c1570
...Shortening; curtailment, abbreviation; (Alchemy) a shortened method of preparation; a piece of writing explaining such a method. In later use Med.: shortening of a muscle, tendon, blood vessel,...
15. accusative, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
16. acoustic, adj. and n. View full entry 1635
...Designating the sense or the organs of hearing; of or relating to the sense of hearing; auditory....
17. acquisitively, adv. View full entry 1542
...Grammar. In a manner indicative or expressive of acquisition. Obs....
18. actant, n. View full entry 1967
...Grammar. A noun or noun phrase involved in the action expressed by a verb....
19. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
20. active, adj. and n. View full entry 1340
...Of a way or style of life: characterized by outward action rather than inward contemplation or speculation; practical. Esp. in active life, and chiefly in religious contexts. Opposed to ...
