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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. abye, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To buy, purchase (something); to pay a price for (something); to obtain (something) at the cost of labour or suffering. Also (and in earliest use) Theol.: to redeem,...
3. accept, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. (formerly (17th–18th centuries) also †intr. with of (obs.))....
4. accommodate, v. View full entry 1531
...trans. To apply, attribute, or ascribe (esp. words) to a person. Obs....
5. 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....
6. 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...
7. acquire, v. View full entry a1450
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8. acquit, v. View full entry ?c1225
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9. add, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. To join (something) to something else so as to increase the amount, size, importance, etc.; to put in as an additional element or ingredient. Freq. with to. Cf....
10. adjust, v.2 View full entry 1611
...trans. To arrange, harmonize, or reconcile (different or contradictory things); to settle, to resolve (esp. a difficulty or problem)....
11. advance, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To promote or help the progress, success, or completion of (something); to further....
12. advantage, v. View full entry ?1459
...trans. To profit, benefit (a person or thing); to advance, promote; to be of advantage to. Cf. disadvantage...
13. affiliate, v. View full entry 1623
...To adopt (a child). Obs.rare....
14. afford, v. View full entry OE
...To further, advance; to promote the well-being of (a person or thing); to perform, carry out (a task, order, etc.); to accomplish. Obs....
15. agist, v. View full entry a1450
...trans. To let or hire (land, originally woodland) for pasture....
16. agree, v. View full entry a1413
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17. allow, v. View full entry 1340
...trans. To laud, praise, commend. Obs....
18. amortize | amortiise, v. View full entry 1377
...trans. To deaden, render as if dead, destroy....
19. amount, v. View full entry c1250
...intr. (simply, or with defining relation to an object.) To go up, ascend, rise, mount. Obs....
20. angel, v. View full entry 1929
...trans. To finance or back (an enterprise, esp. a theatrical production). slang (chiefly U.S.)....
