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1. abmigrate, v. View full entry 1929
...intr. Of a bird: to migrate from the region where it was born and where it wintered to the distant summer breeding area of others of its species....
2. abreact, v. View full entry 1909
...trans. To subject (a psychic trauma) to abreaction; to treat by abreaction....
3. abseil, v. View full entry 1908
...intr. To descend a rock face or other near-vertical surface using a rope fixed at a higher point and coiled round the body or passed through a descendeur, the speed of...
4. access, v.2 View full entry 1953
...trans....
5. accessorize, v. View full entry 1934
...trans. orig. and chiefly Fashion. To provide with an accessory or accessories....
6. acculturate, v. View full entry 1917
...trans. To adapt or assimilate (an idea, object, etc.) to a culture different from the one in which it originated; to acquire through acculturation....
7. acculturize, v. View full entry 1932
...trans. To cause (a person or group) to adapt to or adopt a different culture, esp. that of a colonizing, conquering, or majority group; to subject to acculturation....
8. accurize, v. View full entry 1955
...trans. To adjust or modify (a firearm or (occas.) other device) in order to improve accuracy....
9. ace, v. View full entry 1923
...trans.Sport....
10. acronym, v. View full entry 1967
...trans. To convert into an acronym; (also) to call by an acronym. Chiefly in pass....
11. acronymize, v. View full entry 1955
...trans. = acronym...
12. Adam and Eve, v. View full entry 1925
...trans. To credit or accept (something) as the truth; to believe. Chiefly in would you Adam and Eve it?...
13. adenylate, v. View full entry 1963
...trans. To introduce an adenyl group into (a compound or molecule)....
14. ad hoc, v. View full entry 1960
...intr. To act or respond on an ad hoc basis, rather than in accordance with general long-term strategies; to improvise....
15. adlect, v. View full entry 1914
...trans. To select or promote (a person) by adlection. Freq. with to, into. Cf. adlection...
16. ad-lib, v. View full entry 1910
...intr. To speak or perform extempore or without prior rehearsal; to improvise actions, words, music, etc., esp. in the course of a stage or broadcast performance. Also more generally: to improvise;...
17. adrenalectomize, v. View full entry 1917
...trans. To perform adrenalectomy on....
18. adrenalize, v. View full entry 1905
...trans. Chiefly Surg. To treat with adrenaline. Now rare....
19. advect, v. View full entry 1942
...trans. To transport (heat, fluid, etc.) by advection. Also intr.: to be transported by advection....
20. aerobat, v. View full entry 1930
...intr., and trans. with it. To perform aerobatics. rare....
