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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abandon, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To let go, give up, renounce (a pursuit, practice, possession, etc.); to cease to use, have, or practise....
3. abandonment, n. View full entry 1593
...The surrender or devotion of oneself to an influence, passion, emotion, etc.; self-abandonment; an instance of this....
4. † abandum, n. View full entry 1729
...Anything which is sequestered, proscribed, or abandoned....
5. abatable, adj. View full entry c1430
...That may be abated; liable to be abated (in various senses of abate)....
6. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
7. abate, v.2 View full entry c1436
...trans. (refl.). To take possession of land between the death of the owner and the accession of the heir, thereby keeping the legitimate heir out of possession....
8. abated, adj. View full entry ?c1400
...Reduced, diminished, lessened (esp. in quality or amount)....
9. abatement, n.1 View full entry ?a1400
...The action of abate; wrongful occupation of land or property, usurpation; an instance of this. Freq. in abatement of freehold....
10. abatement, n.2 View full entry 1421
...The result of abating or lessening (in various senses of abateII.); the amount by which something is abated; a reduction, deduction, decrease....
11. abater, n.1 View full entry 1583
...A person who, or thing which, abates (in various senses of abate), esp. (chiefly Law) one that abates a nuisance....
12. abating, n. View full entry 1370
...The action or process of reducing, or lessening; reduction, diminution, decrease; an instance of this....
13. abator, n.1 View full entry c1523
...A person who takes possession of land between the death of the owner and the accession of the legal heir. See abate...
14. abbot, n. View full entry eOE
...A man who is the head or superior of an abbey of (Christian) monks. Also used as a title placed before (and in Old English also after) a name....
15. abbreviate, n. View full entry 1531
...Chiefly Sc. A condensed account of something; an abridgement; a summary; an abstract. Now Sc. Law: a brief notice registering a decree of adjudication (adjudication3a)...
16. abdicate, v. View full entry 1532
...trans. To proclaim or declare to be no longer one's own; to disown, cast off; esp. to disown or disinherit a child. Obs. (hist. in...
17. abdication, n. View full entry 1552
...The action or practice of formally disowning or casting off a person, esp. one's child. Chiefly hist., with reference to ancient Greek and Roman law....
18. abearance, n. View full entry 1552
...Behaviour, conduct. Esp. (now only) in good abearance (Law): legally acceptable behaviour, as pledged under surety by an offender to avoid or reduce the severity of a punishment....
19. aberemurder, n. View full entry 1647
...Deliberate, premeditated murder....
20. abetment, n. View full entry c1380
...Chiefly Law. The action or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed....
