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1. copulative, adj. and n. View full entry a1450
...Serving to couple or connect; spec. in Grammar applied to conjunctions which connect (constructionally) words or clauses which are also connected in sense; opposed to adversative...
2. crocodile, n. View full entry c1300
...A large amphibious saurian reptile of the genus Crocodilus or other allied genera. The name belongs originally and properly to the crocodile of the Nile (C. niloticus or...
3. doctor, n. View full entry 1303
...A teacher, instructor; one who gives instruction in some branch of knowledge, or inculcates opinions or principles. (Const. of.) Now rare....
4. foolosopher, n. View full entry 1549
...A foolish pretender to philosophy....
5. general, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Including, participated in by, involving, or affecting, all, or nearly all, the parts of a specified whole, or the persons or things to which there is an implied reference; completely or approximately...
6. hiatus, n. View full entry 1563
...A break in the continuity of a material object; a gaping chasm; an opening or aperture. Now rare....
7. law, n.1 View full entry a1000
...The body of rules, whether proceeding from formal enactment or from custom, which a particular state or community recognizes as binding on its members or subjects. (In this sense usually the...
8. life, n. View full entry eOE
...The condition, quality, or fact of being a living person or animal; human or animal existence. Cf. soul1. ...
9. many, adj., pron., and n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Used distributively with a singular noun or pronoun (formerly sometimes with plural concord)....
10. morality, n. View full entry c1375
...Ethical wisdom, knowledge of moral science. Obs....
11. name, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A proper noun; a word or phrase constituting the individual designation by which a particular person or thing is known, referred to, or addressed....
12. not, adv., n., and int. View full entry 1299
...Preceding a simple tense or form of a verb. Now usually (chiefly N. Amer.) with a subjunctive verb in a subordinate clause....
13. O, n.1 View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
14. O, int. and n.2 View full entry OE
...Preceding a noun used vocatively....
15. order, n. View full entry c1225
...Christian Church. Any of the nine grades of angels, according to medieval angelology. Also: any analogous class of spiritual or demonic beings. Now hist. and poet....
16. ordinary, adj. and adv. View full entry a1402
...Law. Of a judge: having regular jurisdiction, i.e. exercising authority by virtue of office and not by special deputation; esp. empowered ex officio to take jurisdiction of...
17. outward, adj., n.1, and adv. View full entry eOE
...Situated on the outside, outer side, or surface of something; (of something that is inside or internal) facing or turned towards the outside or outer side of something; outer, exterior....
18. peripatetic, n. and adj. View full entry c1454
...Philos. Usu. in form Peripatetic. A student or follower of Aristotle, an Aristotelian; the sect of such followers; (more generally) a scholastic philosopher....
19. peripateticism, n. View full entry 1661
...The Peripatetic system of philosophy; a system of philosophy based upon or similar to that of Aristotle....
20. person, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A role or character assumed in real life, or in a play, etc.; a part, function, or office; a persona; a semblance or guise. Hence: any of the characters in a play...
