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1. abhorrence, n. View full entry 1592
...The condition of abhorring or recoiling from something; detestation, hatred, repugnance. Also: a feeling of repugnance or loathing....
2. abjuration, n. View full entry ?a1439
...Renunciation on oath; forswearing, esp. of heretical opinions; (also) an instance of this. Now chiefly hist....
3. absent, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Not present in a place or at an occasion; away. Freq. in predicative use....
4. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
5. abstinence, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The practice or discipline of resisting self-indulgence; self-restraint....
6. acceptance, n. View full entry 1528-30
...Law. An agreement to abide by the act or contract of another, such as a predecessor in an office, by some act which amounts to a recognition or approval of it,...
7. access, n. View full entry c1300
...An attack, or the onset (of fever or disease); a repeated episode (of an intermittent or chronic disease); (esp. in early use) spec. the characteristic paroxysm...
8. acclamation, n. View full entry 1541
...An act of acclaiming; an exclamation or other expression of sentiment addressed to someone in a loud voice....
9. accredit, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To give or lend credit to, to promote as or show to be credible; to gain belief or influence for. Also: to vouch for, sanction, or countenance....
10. 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...
11. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
12. Action Directe, n. View full entry 1980
...An extreme left-wing French terrorist group active esp. in the 1980s....
13. additional, adj. and n. View full entry 1563
...That is in addition to something else; added, extra, supplementary. Also used predicatively, with to (freq. in postmodifying verbless clause)....
14. addle, n. and adj. View full entry OE
...Urine; liquid dung; foul or stagnant water; slime, mire. Chiefly Eng. regional (chiefly south-west.) and Sc. in later use....
15. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
16. address, v. View full entry a1325
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To direct (a written communication) to a specific person or destination; spec. (in early use) to write and send (a writ, a petition,...
17. adjourn, v. View full entry ?a1400
...trans....
18. adjournment, n. View full entry 1445-6
...The action or an act of adjourning (in various senses of the verb)....
19. adjutator, n. View full entry 1647
...A person empowered to act on behalf of others; spec. each of the delegates chosen to represent the private soldiers of some units of the Parliamentary army during the English...
20. † adlegation, n. View full entry 1753
...In the Holy Roman Empire: the action of nominating delegates or ambassadors representing a particular state, to be associated with those of the emperor in treaties and negotiations relating to the public...
