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1. 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...
2. abecedarium, n. View full entry OE
...The alphabet; esp. (in early use) the Roman alphabet as opposed to the Greek; (in later use) an alphabet belonging to an ancient writing system, or an inscription of this;...
3. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
4. absorption, n. View full entry 1597
...The action or process of swallowing up or engulfing a material thing; an instance of this. Obs....
5. abstinence, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The practice or discipline of resisting self-indulgence; self-restraint....
6. † acate, n. View full entry ?1406
...Buying, purchasing, purchase. Also in figurative context....
7. acceleration, n. View full entry 1490
...The action or process of accelerating or causing something to accelerate; speeding up; quickening. Also: an instance of this....
8. accept, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. (formerly (17th–18th centuries) also †intr. with of (obs.))....
9. acceptance, n. View full entry 1528-30
...Law. An agreement to abide by the act or contract of another, such as a predecessor in an office, by some act which amounts to a recognition or approval of it,...
10. acceptant, n. and adj. View full entry 1598
...A person who accepts or receives something; spec. (Finance) the acceptor of a bill of exchange or draft....
11. acceptation, n. View full entry c1400
...favouritism on personal grounds; undue partiality. Cf. acception2....
12. acceptor, n. View full entry c1384
...= accepter of persons (also faces)accepter2....
13. accommodate, v. View full entry 1531
...trans. To apply, attribute, or ascribe (esp. words) to a person. Obs....
14. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
15. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
16. account, v. View full entry c1300
...trans. To present an account or reckoning of (one's actions, etc.); to answer for, to explain or justify. Also intr. with of. Cf. sense 3b....
17. accountant, adj. and n. View full entry 1429-30
...Giving or liable to give an account (esp. of conduct or the performance of duties); accountable, responsible. Esp. in earlier use, to stand accountant. Chiefly to (a person),...
18. accounter, n. View full entry a1400
...A person who accounts, reckons, or calculates. Also: one who presents an account (of money, responsibilities, etc.). Cf. accountant, counter1a....
19. accrue, v. View full entry 1440
...intr. Esp. of advantage or profit: to fall to or devolve on someone as a natural growth or increment; to come by way of addition or increase, or as an accession...
20. accumulation, n. View full entry 1490
...An accumulated mass; a heap, amount, or quantity formed by successive additions....
