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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abduce, v. View full entry 1537
...trans. = abduct2a. Now chiefly U.S....
3. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
4. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
5. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....
6. academy, n. View full entry a1382
...With capital initial....
7. adjunct, adj. and n. View full entry 1516
...Associated, connected; joined, added; subordinate, supplementary....
8. affirm, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. To assert (something) strongly; to state as a fact....
9. affirmation, n. View full entry c1419
...The action of confirming something established; confirmation, corroboration, support; spec. ratification of a law, etc.; the upholding of a legal decision. Also: an instance of this....
10. affirmative, adj., n., and int. View full entry c1449
...Asserting that a fact is as stated or perceived; declaring what exists; expressing a positive response....
11. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
12. appropriˈationist, n. View full entry 1862
...An adherent or supporter of appropriation; in Hindu Philos. One who holds that the soul is an appropriation of the being of Brahma....
13. artist, n. View full entry 1563
...A person who pursues a craft or trade; a craftsperson, an artisan. Obs....
14. atom, n. View full entry OE
...In and with reference to the medieval period: the smallest unit of time, of which there are 376 in a minute and 22,560 in an hour, equal to 1594...
15. basic, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1846
...Of, pertaining to, or forming a base; fundamental, essential: spec. in Archit., and in Chem. Also applied spec. to an industry which plays a...
16. beg, v. View full entry ?c1225
...To ask alms or by way of alms....
17. beggar, n. View full entry a1250
...One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing....
18. binary, adj. and n. View full entry a1464
...gen.binary system...
19. bio-, comb. form View full entry 1808
...With the sense ‘biographical’, ‘comprising elements of biography’....
20. block, n. View full entry c1305
...A log of wood; part of the trunk of a tree, a stump....
