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1. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...Expressing position within, situation, etc.: in, with; = on7a13. Now Eng. regional....
2. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
3. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
4. address, v. View full entry a1325
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To direct (a written communication) to a specific person or destination; spec. (in early use) to write and send (a writ, a petition,...
5. admire, v. View full entry c1429
...intr. To feel or express wonder, astonishment, or surprise; to marvel....
6. advance, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To promote or help the progress, success, or completion of (something); to further....
7. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
8. advise, v. View full entry c1325
...trans. To look at, observe, examine, scrutinize; (also) to see, discern. Obs....
9. advisement, n. View full entry a1387
...The action or an act of stipulating what action is required; an instruction, a directive, an injunction. Obs....
10. after, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Behind something in place or position; in the rear; further back....
11. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
12. age, n. View full entry c1275
...A naturally distinct section of a person's or animal's existence; a particular period or stage of life. Often with defining word or phrase specifying the stage....
13. agreeable, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c1405
...With to (also †unto). That is to someone's liking; pleasing to a person, or to his or her taste....
14. ahorseback, adv. View full entry ?1473
...On horseback....
15. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
16. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
17. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
18. allot, v. View full entry 1473-4
...trans. To give or assign (something) to someone authoritatively, without the recipient having any control; to distribute (shares, duties, etc.) among a number of people; to apportion. Also: to assign (a...
19. along, adj.2, prep., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Modifying a period of time, used to denote that something continues for the full extent of the period concerned: throughout the whole length of; for the entirety of. Obs....
20. alongst, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...= along1....
