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1. † abait, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. To excite, stimulate (sexual appetite)....
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. abase, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To lower in rank, condition, or character; to humble, humiliate, degrade. In later use chiefly refl....
4. abash, v. View full entry c1384
...trans. To cause (a person) to lose his or her self-possession or confidence, esp. as a result of a sudden sense of embarrassment, shame, or humiliation; to throw (a person, the...
5. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
6. † abattle, v.1 View full entry c1380
...trans. To fortify. Cf. embattle3....
7. † abave, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. (in pass.). To be surprised, disconcerted, discomfited, upset. Also occas. intr....
8. † abeche, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To feed. Only in pa. pple....
9. abet, v. View full entry c1380
...trans....
10. able, v. View full entry a1400
...trans....
11. † aboast, v. View full entry c1390
...trans. To address in a boastfully defiant manner....
12. † abob, v. View full entry c1330
...trans. To astonish, confound, mystify....
13. abound, v.1 View full entry c1325
...intr. To be plentiful; to exist or be present in large numbers or in great quantity; to prevail widely; to come to a person abundantly....
14. abound, v.2 View full entry a1398
...trans. To set limits to, to restrain. Obs....
15. abraid, v.2 View full entry c1330
...trans. To reproach, reprove; = upbraid2. With for, †of, †with....
16. abridge, v. View full entry c1384
...trans. To cut short or reduce (a period of time, as the duration of something); to shorten the duration of; to end (something) earlier than expected or planned. Cf. abbreviate...
17. abstain, v. View full entry c1380
...trans....
18. † aˈbush(e | aˈbusse | aˈbusche, v. View full entry c1300
...To ambush....
19. accept, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. (formerly (17th–18th centuries) also †intr. with of (obs.))....
20. acclaim, v. View full entry c1330
...trans.Sc. and Eng. regional. To lay claim to, to claim. Obs....
