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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abessive, adj. and n. View full entry 1854
...Designating, being in, or relating to a case in certain Finno-Ugric languages, esp. Finnish, which expresses the absence of something....
3. abjad, n. View full entry 1793
...A system of notation in which each of the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet is assigned a numerical value. Now chiefly hist....
4. ablatival, adj. View full entry 1653
...Of or relating to the ablative case....
5. ablative, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar. Designating, being in, or relating to a case of nouns and pronouns, and of words in grammatical agreement with them, in Latin and certain other Indo-European languages, the central function...
6. ablatively, adv. View full entry 1653
...Grammar. In the ablative case; as an ablative....
7. ablaut, n. View full entry 1849
...The morphological variation of a root vowel in Germanic and other Indo-European languages; = gradation11....
8. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
9. absolutely, adv. and int. View full entry ?a1425
...To the fullest extent; in the highest degree; entirely, wholly, utterly. In later use freq. as simple intensifier....
10. absolutive, n. and adj. View full entry 1863
... The absolute form of a word (see absolute1)....
11. absorption, n. View full entry 1597
...The action or process of swallowing up or engulfing a material thing; an instance of this. Obs....
12. accent, n. View full entry OE
...Any of a set of marks originally used with a letter to indicate the nature and position of the spoken accent, later of stress, in a written word; (also) any of these...
13. 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....
14. accented, adj. View full entry 1589
...Pronounced, spoken, or distinguished audibly with accent or stress; bearing the vocal, musical, or rhythmic stress....
15. accentless, adj. View full entry 1807
...Not having vocal accent or stress; not having musical or rhythmic stress; unaccented....
16. accentology, n. View full entry 1881
...A system of accentuation or stress in speech; the study of accentuation....
17. accentual, adj. View full entry 1610
...Of or relating to accent or stress in speech; based on stress, as distinct from quantity, pitch, or some other characteristic....
18. accentuality, n. View full entry 1825
...In pl. Particulars or characteristics of accent or stress. rare....
19. accentuate, v. View full entry ?1719
...To pronounce, say, or distinguish audibly with accent or stress; to place stress on; = accent1b....
20. accidence, n.2 View full entry c1434
...The branch of grammar which deals with the inflection of words, grammatical morphology; †an inflected form (obs.); (also) a book or treatise on the fundamentals of grammar (now hist....
