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1. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
2. abduce, v. View full entry 1537
...trans. = abduct2a. Now chiefly U.S....
3. aberrate, v. View full entry 1749
...intr. To go astray; to deviate from a usual course or mode of behaviour. Also: to produce aberration....
4. aboiteau, v. View full entry 1899
...trans. To provide (a river) with a dyke containing an aboiteau....
5. abolitionize, v. View full entry 1836
...trans. To imbue with the principles of abolitionism; to make (a person or community) opposed to slavery....
6. aborn, v. View full entry 1856
...intr. Only in present participle. To be born or produced. Freq. in to die aborning....
7. absquatulate, v. View full entry 1830
...intr. To abscond, make off. Also occas. trans. with it....
8. † absquatulize, v. View full entry 1829
...intr. and trans. = absquatulate...
9. accelerate, v. View full entry c1522
...trans....
10. accent, v. View full entry 1530
...intr. To place the accent or stress in a word or musical phrase; to mark a rhythm or beat. Usu. with adverb or adverbial phrase. In later use chiefly U.S....
11. accession, v. View full entry 1887
...trans. To record as a new accession to the collection of a library, museum, etc. Cf. accession1bde-accession...
12. accessorize, v. View full entry 1934
...trans. orig. and chiefly Fashion. To provide with an accessory or accessories....
13. acclaim, v. View full entry c1330
...trans.Sc. and Eng. regional. To lay claim to, to claim. Obs....
14. acclimate, v. View full entry 1792
...trans....
15. accordion, v. View full entry 1897
...trans. To cause (a thing) to fold, collapse, etc., in a manner suggestive of an accordion's bellows. Cf. concertina...
16. accredit, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To give or lend credit to, to promote as or show to be credible; to gain belief or influence for. Also: to vouch for, sanction, or countenance....
17. accrue, v. View full entry 1440
...intr. Esp. of advantage or profit: to fall to or devolve on someone as a natural growth or increment; to come by way of addition or increase, or as an accession...
18. acculturate, v. View full entry 1917
...trans. To adapt or assimilate (an idea, object, etc.) to a culture different from the one in which it originated; to acquire through acculturation....
19. acculture, v. View full entry 1895
...trans. = acculturate1. rare....
20. acculturize, v. View full entry 1932
...trans. To cause (a person or group) to adapt to or adopt a different culture, esp. that of a colonizing, conquering, or majority group; to subject to acculturation....
