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1. accomplish, v. View full entry c1405
...trans. To fulfil, perform, or carry out successfully (an undertaking, desire, request, etc.); to achieve (one's object)....
2. be, v. View full entry eOE
...To have place in the objective universe or realm of fact, to exist; (spec. of God, etc.) to exist independently of other beings. Also: to exist in life, to live....
3. cart, v. View full entry 1393
...trans. To carry or convey in a cart; also fig.to cart off or away: to carry off or away in a cart; hence gen. to carry...
4. chop, v.5 View full entry
...Anglo-Indian: see under chop...
5. griff, v. View full entry 1829
6. leep, v. View full entry 1895
...trans. To wash with cow-dung and water....
7. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
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8. milch, v. View full entry 1570
...trans. To milk (an animal). Also in fig. context. Now chiefly Indian English....
9. mind, v. View full entry a1382
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10. off, v. View full entry 1642
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11. peacock, v. View full entry a1586
...trans. To make conceited or vain; to puff up with vanity; to dress up in finery. Chiefly refl.: to strut about or pose in order...
12. puckerow, v. View full entry 1864
...trans. To seize, lay hold of....
13. † pug, v.3 View full entry 1889
...trans. To track (an animal or person) by following footprints. Also intr....
14. reach, v.1 View full entry eOE
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15. retaliate, v.1 View full entry 1606
...trans. To return or repay in kind (an injury, insult, etc.); to avenge. Now rare and Indian English....
16. sit, v. View full entry c825
...Of persons: To be or remain in that posture in which the weight of the body rests upon the posteriors; to be seated....
17. stay, v.1 View full entry c1440
...To cease going forward; to stop, halt; to arrest one's course and stand still. Obs. (exc. as in 1b.)...
18. tiff, v.4 View full entry 1803
...intr. = tiffintiffin, to lunch....
19. ˈtom-tom, v. View full entry 1857
...intr. To beat a tom-tom or drum; to drum....