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1. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
2. acceptable, adj. View full entry a1382
...Capable or worthy of acceptance; pleasing, agreeable, welcome....
3. 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....
4. † aggrege, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. To make heavy; to weigh down....
5. agony, n. View full entry c1384
...Christian Church. In sing. and pl. The mental struggle or anguish of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26: 36–46)....
6. any more, adv. View full entry a1382
...In negative, interrogative, or hypothetical contexts: in repetition or continuance of what has taken place up to a particular time; further, longer, again....
7. † ˈbarbar, n. and adj. View full entry c1384
...= barbarian (In later use Sc.)...
8. ˈblaeness, n. View full entry 1382
...‘Blae’ quality; lividness as of a wound or stripe....
9. ˈborough-town, n. View full entry 1382
...A town which is a borough. Still sometimes applied to Irish municipal boroughs. Cf. burrows-town (Sc.)....
10. changer, n. View full entry 1382
...One who, or that which, changes anything; see change16....
11. circuit, n. View full entry a1382
...The line, real or imaginary, described in going round any area; the distance round; the compass, circumference, containing line or limits....
12. communication, n. View full entry a1382
...The fact of having something in common with another person or thing; affinity; congruity. Obs.rare....
13. communion, n. View full entry a1382
...The action or fact of sharing or holding something in common with others; mutual participation; the condition of things so held, mutuality, community, union....
14. consuetude, n. View full entry 1382
...Custom, usage, habit. (Chiefly in Sc. use.)...
15. depute, adj. and n. View full entry 1382
...Deputed; imputed, ascribed; appointed, assigned: see depute...
16. escheat, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. To make an escheat of, confiscate; to hand over as an escheat to or into. (Some apparent examples of the pass. may belong to the ...
17. faculty, n. View full entry a1382
...Of persons: An ability or aptitude, whether natural or acquired, for any special kind of action; formerly also, ability, ‘parts’, capacity in general. Sometimes (influenced by sense 4) used to...
18. farmer, n.2 View full entry 1382
...One who undertakes the collection of taxes, revenues, etc., paying a fixed sum for the proceeds....
19. gemel, n. View full entry 1382
...pl. Twins; said also of things associated in pairs. Obs....
20. given, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Bestowed as a gift....
