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1. abdomen, n. View full entry ?1541
...Anat. and Zool. In humans and other vertebrates: the belly; the part of the trunk of body between the chest and the pelvis; the cavity of the body bounded...
2. abduce, v. View full entry 1537
...trans. = abduct2a. Now chiefly U.S....
3. 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....
4. aberration, n. View full entry 1588
...A deviation or departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one. Also as a mass noun: deviation, abnormality, departure from the norm....
5. abled, adj. and n. View full entry 1576
...Capable; vigorous, thriving. Obs....
6. 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 ...
7. † aborsement, n. View full entry 1540
...Spontaneous or induced abortion; an instance of this....
8. abort, v. View full entry 1540
...intr. Of a pregnant woman or animal: to expel an embryo or fetus from the uterus, esp. before it is viable; to suffer a spontaneous abortion or miscarriage. Cf. miscarry...
9. abortion, n. View full entry ?1537
...The expulsion or removal from the womb of a developing embryo or fetus, spec. (Med.) in the period before it is capable of independent survival, occurring as a...
10. abortively, adv. View full entry 1552
...In an abortive manner; without success or fulfilment; uselessly, ineffectually; †by a miscarriage or untimely birth, prematurely (obs.)....
11. † abortment, n. View full entry 1577
...The emptying or expulsion of the contents of the stomach, as by vomiting. rare....
12. abrasion, n. View full entry c1550
...The action or process of scraping or grazing something, or of wearing something down by friction; the action or fact of becoming worn down in this way. Also fig....
13. abrogate, v. View full entry ?1520
...trans. To repeal (a law, established usage, etc.); to abolish authoritatively or formally; to annul, to cancel....
14. abrogation, n. View full entry 1535
...The act of abrogating something; the repeal or abolition of a law, custom, institution, etc. Also: the state of being abrogated....
15. abrupt, adj. and n. View full entry 1565
...Broken off, truncated, cut short; terminating in a break. Obs....
16. abrupted, adj. View full entry 1597
...Chiefly formal and literary. Suddenly broken off; cut short, curtailed; cut off; truncated....
17. abruption, n. View full entry 1585
...The action or an act of breaking off or away from something; an interruption; a sudden curtailment. Now rare....
18. abruptly, adv. View full entry 1565
...With sudden movement, interruption, or change; suddenly, without warning; (also) brusquely, curtly....
19. abscess, n. View full entry 1574
...A circumscribed collection of pus or purulent debris, typically caused by a localized bacterial infection; †the formation of such a lesion (obs.). Later also: a circumscribed area of liquefactive necrosis...
20. abscession, n. View full entry 1583
...†Departure, removal, elimination (obs.); the cessation or termination of a disease. Now hist....