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1. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
2. 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....
3. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
4. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
5. 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....
6. divest, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To unclothe, undress, disrobe; to strip of clothing, or of any covering, ornament, etc....
7. hyper-, prefix View full entry 1611
...Formations in which, as in hyperborean, the prefix has the prepositional force of ‘over, beyond, or above’ (what is denoted by the second element)....
8. issue, n. View full entry c1330
...The action of going, passing, or flowing out; egress, exit; power of egress or exit; outgoing, outflow....
9. mind, v. View full entry a1382
...trans....
10. odd, adj., n.1, and adv. View full entry a1325
...Of an individual: that is one in addition to a pair, or to an even number; remaining over after distribution or division into pairs; constituting a unit in excess of an even...
11. off, adv., prep., n.1, and adj. View full entry eOE
...Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off...
12. ought, v. View full entry OE
...trans....
13. private, adj.1, adv., and n. View full entry 1395
...Of a religious rule: not shared by all Christians. Of an individual or a religious order: living according to distinct religious rules; set apart by distinct beliefs, religious practices, etc. Obs....
14. rational, adj. and adv. View full entry a1398
...Of a person, a person's soul, mind, etc....
15. threshold, n. View full entry c888
...The piece of timber or stone which lies below the bottom of a door, and has to be crossed in entering a house; the sill of a doorway; hence, the entrance to...
16. tontine, n. and adj. View full entry 1765
...A financial scheme by which the subscribers to a loan or common fund receive each an annuity during his life, which increases as their number is diminished by death, till the last...
