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1. absent, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Not present in a place or at an occasion; away. Freq. in predicative use....
2. address, v. View full entry a1325
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To direct (a written communication) to a specific person or destination; spec. (in early use) to write and send (a writ, a petition,...
3. aerial, adj. View full entry ?1545
...Dwelling, flying, or moving in the air, above the earth; occurring or taking place in the air; (spec. of birds or bats) spending much of the time airborne....
4. affray, v. View full entry c1330
...trans. To frighten, terrify. Cf. afraid1....
5. aidant, adj. and n. View full entry 1449-50
...That provides aid or assistance; helpful. Now rare (chiefly literary in later use)....
6. aim, n. View full entry c1400
...An object aimed at; a mark, a target....
7. 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....
8. alarm, v. View full entry 1485
...trans. (refl.). To ready and equip oneself for battle. Cf. alarmed1. Obs....
9. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
10. Amazon, n. View full entry a1398
...pl. A race of female warriors alleged by Herodotus, etc. to exist in Scythia....
11. anchor, n.1 View full entry c880
...An appliance for holding a ship, etc., fixed in a particular place, by mooring it to the bottom of the sea or river; now consisting of ‘a heavy iron, composed of a...
12. angel, n. View full entry c950
...A ministering spirit or divine messenger; one of an order of spiritual beings superior to man in power and intelligence, who, according to the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and other theologies, are the...
13. 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....
14. † aˈraise, v. View full entry 1303
...To raise, lift up, elevate. lit. and fig....
15. arm, n.2 View full entry a1250
...Defensive covering or appendages for the body; armour, mail. Now poet....
16. arm, v.1 View full entry 1250
...lit. To furnish with arms defensive or offensive. In early use: (chiefly) to cover (a man or horse) with armour or mail. Later: to provide (a man, garrison, stronghold, ship, etc.)...
17. armed, adj.1 View full entry 1297
...lit. Furnished with arms or armour; fully equipped for war. In intensive ‘Armed to the teeth.’ In armed demonstration, armed neutrality, it refers to the...
18. array, n. View full entry c1330
...Arrangement in line or ranks, esp. martial order. Phrases: in battle array, out of array (obs.)....
19. array, v. View full entry 1297
...To set or place in order of readiness, to marshall. esp. To draw up prepared for battle, and in obs. phr. to array a battle....
20. arrest, n.1 View full entry c1385
...The act of standing still, halting, or stopping; stoppage, stop, halt, delay. Obs.without arrest: cf. without abodeabode1 (Chaucer, Lydgate, and Scottish poets)....
