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1. abase, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To lower in rank, condition, or character; to humble, humiliate, degrade. In later use chiefly refl....
2. abastardize, v. View full entry 1574
...trans. To declare or render illegitimate; (hence) to make corrupt or degenerate; to debase. Cf. bastardize...
3. aberuncate, v. View full entry 1731
...trans. To pull up by the roots; to remove entirely....
4. abide, v. View full entry OE
...trans. Now rare and arch....
5. aboard, v. View full entry 1458
...trans. To approach, draw near to; to enter, set foot on; to land on; to board....
6. 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....
7. abraid, v.1 View full entry OE
...trans. To move (something) suddenly or violently, to wrench, snatch; to pull out; to draw (a sword). Also fig.Obs....
8. absterge, v. View full entry 1526
...trans. To wipe away; to wipe clean, cleanse. Also occas. intr....
9. absterse, v. View full entry ?a1425
...trans. = absterge (lit. and fig.)....
10. abstract, v. View full entry 1449
...trans. Chiefly Sc. in early use. To take away, extract, or remove (something); to move (a person or thing) away, withdraw. Freq. with from....
11. 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,...
12. accept, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. (formerly (17th–18th centuries) also †intr. with of (obs.))....
13. accompany, v. View full entry 1426
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14. accord, v. View full entry lOE
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15. accurse, v. View full entry lOE
...trans. = curse (in various senses)....
16. † acold, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To become cold; (fig.) to decline in ardour, to cool off. Cf. acool1....
17. acquire, v. View full entry a1450
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18. acquit, v. View full entry ?c1225
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19. † acraze, v. View full entry 1549
...trans. To weaken, impair, or enfeeble....
20. † adaw, v.1 View full entry c1400
...intr. To wake from sleep; to return to consciousness after fainting, swooning, etc....
