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1. ab ovo, adv. View full entry a1586
...From the very beginning. Cf. ab initio...
2. absented, adj. View full entry a1586
...Withdrawn, retired; absent....
3. † acquiescate, v. View full entry a1586
...intr. = acquiesce...
4. aforeness, n. View full entry 1592
...The state of coming before; pre-existence, earlier existence; (also) an earlier period of existence....
5. after-drop, n. View full entry a1586
...A raindrop which falls after a cloud has passed. In quots. fig. and in figurative context. Obs....
6. afterness, n. View full entry 1587
...The fact or quality of being later or subsequent in time....
7. Aganippe, n. View full entry a1586
...Used allusively to denote the source of poetic inspiration, or a person's poetic power, voice, or method. Also attrib., as Aganippe spring, Aganippe well, etc....
8. aheat, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1587
...Into a heated state. Later also as : in a heated or inflamed state....
9. amorist, n. View full entry 1581
...One who professes love, a professed lover....
10. amorousness, n. View full entry a1586
...The quality of being amorous or inclined to love; fondness of the opposite sex; lovingness....
11. angerless, adj. View full entry a1586
...Free from anger....
12. † aˈnother-gaines, adj. View full entry a1586
...Of another kind....
13. antepenultima, n. View full entry a1586
...The last syllable but two of a word....
14. † aˈppassionate, adj. View full entry a1586
...Influenced by passion of any kind, impassioned....
15. † aˈppassionated, adj. View full entry a1586
...= appassionate...
16. † aˈppast, n. View full entry 1580
...Food, bait....
17. † arguˈmentate, v. View full entry 1586
...By-form of argument...
18. assish, adj. View full entry 1587
...Asinine, stupid....
19. Ate, n. View full entry 1587
...Infatuation, mad impulse; personified by the Greeks as goddess of mischief and authoress of rash destructive deeds....
20. atheism, n. View full entry 1587
...Disbelief in, or denial of, the existence of a God. Also, Disregard of duty to God, godlessness (practical atheism)....