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1. abortive, n. and adj. View full entry a1382
...An aborted fetus; a stillborn child or animal. Cf. abortion2, abortus1. Obs....
2. absence, n. View full entry c1384
...The state of being absent or away from a place, or from the company of a person or persons. Also occas.: an instance of this. Freq. with possessive adjectives. Contrasted with ...
3. absent, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Not present in a place or at an occasion; away. Freq. in predicative use....
4. abundant, adj. and adv. View full entry a1382
...Overflowing, more than sufficient; present or existing in great number or quantity; plentiful. Also (in early use): bountiful, generous; fruitful. Also as a postmodifier....
5. accept, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. (formerly (17th–18th centuries) also †intr. with of (obs.))....
6. acceptor, n. View full entry c1384
...= accepter of persons (also faces)accepter2....
7. 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....
8. 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)....
9. alabaster, n. and adj. View full entry c1384
...An ornamental stone consisting of a fine-grained, compact, translucent form of gypsum or (esp. with reference to ancient artefacts) calcite, typically white or tinted or clouded with yellow, red, and other colours,...
10. alien, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Belonging to another person, place, or family; not of one's own; from elsewhere, foreign....
11. † almander, n. View full entry a1382
...An almond tree....
12. † aˈmome, n. View full entry 1382
...= amomum...
13. annual, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Of or belonging to the year; reckoned, payable, or engaged by the year; yearly....
14. apply, v. View full entry c1384
...trans....
15. ascend, v. View full entry 1382
...intr. (occas. emphasized by a redundant up) To go or come up, originally by a gradual motion, to a relatively higher position....
16. ascribe, v. View full entry 1382
...trans. To annex or add in writing, to subscribe:...
17. ˈbaldness, n. View full entry a1382
...Absence or loss of hair, esp. from the head....
18. † ballard, n. View full entry a1382
...A bald-headed person....
19. † ballist, n.1 View full entry c1384
...= ballista1....
20. barley-corn, n. View full entry 1382
...= barley (the plant or grain)....
