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1. abdicate, v. View full entry 1532
...trans. To proclaim or declare to be no longer one's own; to disown, cast off; esp. to disown or disinherit a child. Obs. (hist. in...
2. absorption, n. View full entry 1597
...The action or process of swallowing up or engulfing a material thing; an instance of this. Obs....
3. acceptance, n. View full entry 1528-30
...Law. An agreement to abide by the act or contract of another, such as a predecessor in an office, by some act which amounts to a recognition or approval of it,...
4. acceptant, n. and adj. View full entry 1598
...A person who accepts or receives something; spec. (Finance) the acceptor of a bill of exchange or draft....
5. accommodate, v. View full entry 1531
...trans. To apply, attribute, or ascribe (esp. words) to a person. Obs....
6. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
7. accounted, adj. View full entry 1550
...That is counted; reckoned, considered. Also: calculated according to the principles of accountancy....
8. actuary, n. View full entry 1570
...A registrar, a clerk; an officer who records the acts of a court....
9. adjudication, n. View full entry 1570
...The action or process of adjudicating or adjudging; an act of determining, settling, or awarding something judicially, or by a similar legal or official process....
10. administered, adj. View full entry ?1574
...That is or has been administered (in various senses of the verb)....
11. after-reckoning, n. View full entry 1567
...A later or subsequent reckoning (in various senses); (in early use esp.) the Last Judgement....
12. ahead, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry 1530
...With run, in figurative contexts: headlong; unrestrainedly, rashly, hastily. Cf. on head (head1f(c)(i)). Obs....
13. aidable, adj. View full entry 1509
...Capable of aiding someone or something; helpful. Obs....
14. ale-pole, n. View full entry 1523
...A pole or post set up as the sign for a public house or other place where ale is sold; an ale stake....
15. alienated, adj. and n. View full entry 1516
...Of a person, or his or her feelings: estranged, excluded, or turned away (from a person or thing); experiencing a feeling of estrangement or isolation. Also in extended use: (of...
16. allotment, n. View full entry 1528-30
...A share, portion, or amount of something that has been allotted to someone....
17. alloy, n. View full entry 1593
...The comparative purity of gold or silver; fineness. Cf. allay1a....
18. alms-basket, n. View full entry c1560
...A basket from which alms are distributed, or (occas.) in which to receive alms....
19. Alsatian, adj. and n. View full entry 1563
...Of, belonging to, or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants....
20. alternative, adj. and n. View full entry 1540
...Characterized by alternation; alternating, alternate....