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1. † achate, n.2 View full entry c1405
...The act of buying something. Also: an instance of this, a purchase....
2. agree, v. View full entry a1413
...trans....
3. all right, adv., adj., int., and n. View full entry a1413
...Used as an intensifier at the end of a sentence or clause: certainly, indeed....
4. appearance, n. View full entry c1384
...The action of coming forward into view or becoming visible....
5. arbitration, n. View full entry c1386
...A deciding according to one's will or pleasure; uncontrolled or absolute decision. Obs....
6. army, n. View full entry c1386
...An armed expedition by sea or land. Obs....
7. assurance, n. View full entry c1374
...A promise or engagement making a thing certain; a formal engagement, pledge, or guarantee....
8. attendance, n. View full entry c1374
...The action or condition of applying one's mind or observant faculties to something; = attention1. Obs....
9. benevolence, n. View full entry c1384
...Disposition to do good, desire to promote the happiness of others, kindness, generosity, charitable feeling (as a general state or disposition towards mankind at large)....
10. † beˈware, v.2 View full entry c1374
...trans. To lay out (money, etc.), expend, spend....
11. borax, n. View full entry c1386
...A native salt; the acid borate of sodium, or biborate of soda (Na2B4O7): having, when pure, the form of a transparent or whitish crystal, or white...
12. bribe, n. View full entry c1386
...A thing stolen or robbed; theft, robbery; spoil, plunder. Obs. (The Chaucer quotation is doubtful: if the n. is right, it might perh. have the sense of ‘an alms’, as...
13. bribe, v. View full entry c1386
...trans. To take dishonestly; to purloin; to steal, rob; to obtain by abuse of trust, or by extortion; to extort. Obs....
14. bribery, n. View full entry c1386
...Purloining, larceny, theft, robbery. Obs....
15. carriage, n. View full entry c1386
...Carrying or bearing from one place to another; conveyance....
16. casual, adj. and n. View full entry c1374
...Subject to, depending on, or produced by chance; accidental, fortuituous....
17. chant, v. View full entry c1405
...intr. To sing, warble. arch. or poet....
18. † ˈchapmanhood | ˈchapmanhead, n. View full entry c1386
...= chapmanship...
19. coemption, n. View full entry c1374
...The buying up of the whole supply of any commodity in the market....
20. collateral, adj. and n. View full entry c1374
...Situated or placed side by side (with one another); running side by side, parallel....
