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1. † ablow, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To blow or breathe on or upon....
2. abrenounce, v. View full entry 1537
...trans. To renounce completely, to repudiate....
3. abrupt, v. View full entry 1634
...trans. To break off, to sever; to interrupt suddenly; to curtail....
4. abscind, v. View full entry 1610
...trans. To cut off; to separate, detach. Now rare and literary....
5. absterse, v. View full entry ?a1425
...trans. = absterge (lit. and fig.)....
6. acast, v. View full entry c1225
...trans. To cast down, throw down, cast away or off; to overcome. Now only as past participle: downcast, dejected....
7. accent, v. View full entry 1530
...intr. To place the accent or stress in a word or musical phrase; to mark a rhythm or beat. Usu. with adverb or adverbial phrase. In later use chiefly U.S....
8. access, v.2 View full entry 1953
...trans....
9. accumulate, v. View full entry c1487
...trans. To heap up in a mass, to pile up (lit. and fig.); to amass, collect, or accrue (esp. wealth or possessions)....
10. ache, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. Of a part of the body, a wound, etc.: to be painful or sore. More generally: to be the source or seat of continuous or prolonged dull physical pain or...
11. achieve, v. View full entry c1300
...intr. To be successful in doing something; to attain a desired end or level of performance. Also simply: to strive, make an effort....
12. † acool, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To become cold, to cool; fig. to decline in ardour or passion. Occas. in perfect tense formed with to be....
13. † acraze, v. View full entry 1549
...trans. To weaken, impair, or enfeeble....
14. 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,...
15. addulce, v. View full entry 1477
...trans. To make sweet or pleasant; esp. to soften, soothe; to mollify....
16. † adrench, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To submerge; to drown (a person), to inundate (land), to sink (a ship). Also fig....
17. 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....
18. advertise, v. View full entry 1426
...trans....
19. † advesperate, v. View full entry 1623
...intr. To grow dark, to become night....
20. affray, v. View full entry c1330
...trans. To frighten, terrify. Cf. afraid1....