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1. † abail, v.1 View full entry 1450
...trans. To provide bail for, to release on bail; (also) to pay bail to....
2. abate, v.2 View full entry c1436
...trans. (refl.). To take possession of land between the death of the owner and the accession of the heir, thereby keeping the legitimate heir out of possession....
3. † abate, v.3 View full entry a1475
...intr. Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to beat or flap the wings, to flutter. Cf. bate...
4. † abattle, v.2 View full entry c1400
...trans. To engage in battle....
5. † abay, v. View full entry c1400
...intr. Of a dog: to bark or bay, esp. at prey it is pursuing or has caught. Also in extended use, of a person....
6. abbreviate, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance; to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting the less important passages; to condense, summarize, abridge....
7. † abelde, v. View full entry c1400
...intr. To become bold....
8. abhor, v. View full entry ?a1425
...trans. To shrink with horror or repugnance from; to recoil from. Obs....
9. abject, v. View full entry ?c1425
...trans. To cast off or away; to cast out, exclude, reject, esp. as inferior, unworthy, or repugnant....
10. abjure, v. View full entry 1430
...trans. To renounce on oath, forswear; to withdraw, retract, recant (a heresy or other opinion or position formerly held). Now hist....
11. ablaqueate, v. View full entry ?1440
...trans. To loosen or remove the soil round the roots of (a tree, vine, etc.) so as to expose them to the sun and rain....
12. ablate, v. View full entry a1475
...trans. To take away, remove. Also intr. Now rare....
13. aboard, v. View full entry 1458
...trans. To approach, draw near to; to enter, set foot on; to land on; to board....
14. abolish, v. View full entry c1475
...trans. To put an end to, do away with (an institution, custom, or practice); to eradicate, destroy (something prevalent); to annul or make void. Formerly also: †to destroy, demolish, annihilate, efface...
15. abrase, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. = abrade12....
16. † abreathe, v. View full entry c1425
...trans. To allow (a person or animal) to recover breath. Also intr.: to recover one's breath....
17. † abrevy, v. View full entry 1483
...trans. To abbreviate, abridge....
18. † abroach, v. View full entry c1400
...trans. To pierce or broach (a container, esp. a cask of liquor) so as to let the contents flow out; to release (liquor) from a container in this way. Also ...
19. † abroge, v. View full entry 1427
...trans. = abrogate...
20. abscise, v. View full entry a1500
...trans. Chiefly Surg. To cut off or away; to perform abscission on. Cf. abscission2....
