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1. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
2. 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,...
3. accept, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. (formerly (17th–18th centuries) also †intr. with of (obs.))....
4. accepter, n. View full entry ?a1425
...A person who or thing which accepts or receives something. Cf. acceptor1b....
5. acquire, v. View full entry a1450
...trans....
6. acquit, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans....
7. advance, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To promote or help the progress, success, or completion of (something); to further....
8. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
9. after, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Behind something in place or position; in the rear; further back....
10. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
11. age, n. View full entry c1275
...A naturally distinct section of a person's or animal's existence; a particular period or stage of life. Often with defining word or phrase specifying the stage....
12. agree, v. View full entry a1413
...trans....
13. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
14. alms, n. View full entry eOE
...Charitable relief given to the poor or needy, usu. (now only) in the form of material gifts, typically of money or food; (in later use esp.) the goods given in...
15. anatocism, n. View full entry 1656
...Compound interest....
16. anoint, v. View full entry 1330
...To smear or rub over (medicinally or cosmetically) with oil or unguent; to oil, grease, apply ointment to....
17. answer, v. View full entry c950
...intr. To speak in reply or opposition to a charge or accusation, to make a rebutting statement, defend oneself....
18. antique, adj. and n. View full entry 1530
...Belonging to former times, ancient, olden. (Now generally rhetorical = of the ‘good old times.’)...
19. apprize | apprise, v.2 View full entry a1400
...Sc. Law. To put a selling price upon, put up for sale at a set price, appraise....
20. apprizer | appriser, n. View full entry 1609
...One who appraises; Sc. Law, A creditor for whose behoof an appraisal is made....
