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1. Aaronical, adj. View full entry ?1549
...Of or relating to Aaron; Aaronic....
2. abased, adj. View full entry 1554
...Made lower in rank, condition, or character; humbled, humiliated, degraded....
3. abbey-like, adj. View full entry 1570
...Resembling or characteristic of an abbey, esp. in appearance; (esp. in early use) monastic, monkish....
4. abecedary, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1580
...= alphabetical1. Also, of a poem, etc.: that has each verse or line beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, in alphabetical order. Cf. abecedarian2....
5. aberrant, adj. View full entry c1536
...Subject to or characterized by aberration; abnormal, deviant, nonstandard; deviating or diverging from (formerly also †fro) a recognized course, standard, or norm....
6. † abhorful, adj. View full entry 1565
...Repugnant, hateful; = abhorrent3....
7. abhorred, adj. View full entry 1533
...Regarded with disgust or hatred; detested, loathed, abominated....
8. abhorrent, adj. View full entry 1599
...That shrinks or recoils with repugnance from something. Obs....
9. abhorring, adj. View full entry 1538
...Chiefly in predicative use. Abhorrent, repulsive, repugnant (to a person). Also: far removed or divergent in nature or character from something. Now somewhat rare....
10. abjected, adj. (and n.) View full entry ?1555
...That has been cast off or rejected; cast down, dispirited. Also occas. as : an outcast, an exile; (with the) abjected people as a class. Cf. abject...
11. abjured, adj. View full entry 1533
...That has abjured or renounced heresy, a religion, etc. Now hist....
12. abjuring, adj. View full entry 1593
...That abjures (in various senses of the verb)....
13. abled, adj. and n. View full entry 1576
...Capable; vigorous, thriving. Obs....
14. abolished, adj. View full entry 1546
...Done away with, brought to an end; cancelled, suppressed....
15. † abolite, adj. View full entry c1525
...Obsolete, out of use....
16. abominate, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Held in abomination, detested; beastly, inhuman. Obs....
17. aborigine, n. and adj. View full entry ?1529
...Originally (only in pl.): the people or race which first inhabited Latium in Italy. In later use more generally: the earliest known inhabitants of a particular country (also in ...
18. abounding, adj. View full entry 1560
...That is plentiful; abundant....
19. above board, adv. and adj. View full entry 1594
...Cards (esp. Gambling). With one's cards visible above the level of the playing table, so as to avoid suspicion of cheating. Also in fig. context. Obs....
20. above bounden, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1550
...Of a person: that is under a legal obligation set out previously in the present document. Also as ...