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1. abduct, v. View full entry 1765
...trans.Anat. and Zool. To draw (a part of the body) away from the median plane or midline, or away from another part. Contrasted with adduct. Cf....
2. a-be, v. View full entry 1718
...Sc., Eng. regional, and Irish English (north.). As infinitive, in phrase to let (also leave, etc.) a-be: to leave off, desist...
3. aberrate, v. View full entry 1749
...intr. To go astray; to deviate from a usual course or mode of behaviour. Also: to produce aberration....
4. aberuncate, v. View full entry 1731
...trans. To pull up by the roots; to remove entirely....
5. † abjectate, v. View full entry 1731
...trans. To abject....
6. abjugate, v. View full entry 1730
...trans. To unyoke, uncouple; to free....
7. † ablactate, v. View full entry 1754
...trans. To wean....
8. ablute, v. View full entry 1703
...trans. To wash (oneself, or a part of the body). Also in figurative context....
9. † about, v.2 View full entry 1725
...intr. Of a tree: to bud. Of a tumour or swelling: to grow, to develop. Only as present or past participle....
10. † absonate, v. View full entry 1775
...trans. To abhor; to shun....
11. accentuate, v. View full entry ?1719
...To pronounce, say, or distinguish audibly with accent or stress; to place stress on; = accent1b....
12. acclimate, v. View full entry 1792
...trans....
13. acetify, v. View full entry 1789
...trans. To subject to acetous fermentation in the manufacture of vinegar; to convert into vinegar....
14. acidify, v. View full entry 1783
...trans....
15. action, v. View full entry 1734
...trans. To bring a legal action against. Now chiefly Caribbean....
16. adeem, v. View full entry 1771
...trans. To make ineffective (a specific bequest in a will) by the sale or disposal of the property specifically bequeathed before the death of the testator. Also intr....
17. † adjugate, v. View full entry 1730
...trans. To yoke, to couple; to join....
18. admiral, v. View full entry 1704
...trans. To command (a fleet) as an admiral. Also in extended use in nautical contexts: to lead, take charge of. Cf. general...
19. † admirize, v. View full entry 1702
...intr. = admire1a(a)....
20. adze, v. View full entry 1744
...trans. To carve or cut (at, out, etc.) using an adze....
