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1. † absoil, v. View full entry 1440
...trans. To absolve, esp. from sin; = assoilI....
2. absolve, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To set free or discharge from (also of) an oath, obligation, liability, etc....
3. abye, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To buy, purchase (something); to pay a price for (something); to obtain (something) at the cost of labour or suffering. Also (and in earliest use) Theol.: to redeem,...
4. accommodate, v. View full entry 1531
...trans. To apply, attribute, or ascribe (esp. words) to a person. Obs....
5. accurse, v. View full entry lOE
...trans. = curse (in various senses)....
6. administer, v. View full entry 1395
...trans. Originally: to perform or execute (a task, office, etc.). Later also (now more usually): to carry out or oversee the tasks necessary for the running of (an organization) or the...
7. administrate, v. View full entry 1538
...trans. To manage, run; to see to the running of; = administer1a....
8. adore, v. View full entry c1300
...trans....
9. adumbrate, v. View full entry 1537
...trans. orig. Theol. To represent beforehand by a figure or type; to be an early indication or version of; to foreshadow. Also: to symbolize....
10. advoke, v. View full entry 1533
...trans.Law. To summon (a legal action) from a lower court to a higher court, esp. the papal Court of Rome. Cf. advocate1, advocation4. Now...
11. † advowson, v. View full entry 1597
...trans. To provide with an advowson; to sell as an advowson....
12. † aedituate, v. View full entry 1646
...trans. To take charge of....
13. afflict, v. View full entry a1393
...trans....
14. affuse, v. View full entry 1649
...trans. To pour (a liquid) over or into something (chiefly with on or upon). Also (in pass.): to have a liquid poured over. Now ...
15. † again-buy, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To buy in exchange. rare....
16. † aggrege, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. To make heavy; to weigh down....
17. Aladdinize, v. View full entry 1848
...trans. To transport or transform as if by magic....
18. † Alcoran, v. View full entry a1678
...trans. To put into the Qur'an....
19. † alese, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To deliver or release (a person) from captivity, punishment, etc. Also: to relieve (a person) from illness, to cure. Cf. leese1....
20. † aline, v. View full entry c1350
...trans. To anoint....
