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1. † abail, v.1 View full entry 1450
...trans. To provide bail for, to release on bail; (also) to pay bail to....
2. † abait, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. To excite, stimulate (sexual appetite)....
3. † aban, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To summon, esp. by proclamation; spec. to call to arms. Freq. with out....
4. aband, v. View full entry 1574
...trans. To banish. Obs....
5. † abandonate, v. View full entry ?1561
...trans. = abandon (in various senses). Also refl....
6. † abar, v. View full entry a1504
...trans. To bar, debar. Chiefly with from....
7. † abattle, v.1 View full entry c1380
...trans. To fortify. Cf. embattle3....
8. † abattle, v.2 View full entry c1400
...trans. To engage in battle....
9. † ABC, v. View full entry 1611
...intr. To say the alphabet, or letters of the alphabet....
10. a-be, v. View full entry 1718
...Sc., Eng. regional, and Irish English (north.). As infinitive, in phrase to let (also leave, etc.) a-be: to leave off, desist...
11. abear, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To bear, carry; to raise up. Obs....
12. † abeat, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To beat, strike. Also fig....
13. † abede, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To proclaim or deliver (a message)....
14. † abelde, v. View full entry c1400
...intr. To become bold....
15. abet, v. View full entry c1380
...trans....
16. † abey, v.1 View full entry OE
...trans. To bend, curve; to incline, lower; to make obedient; to subject, subordinate (to a person or command). Also refl....
17. abey, v.2 View full entry 1866
...trans. To put in abeyance, suspend; to put aside....
18. abide, v. View full entry OE
...trans. Now rare and arch....
19. abilitate, v. View full entry a1628
...trans. To enable; to endow with ability or capacity; to make fit; = habilitate1. Cf. able...
20. † abirritate, v. View full entry 1882
...trans. To diminish the irritability of; to devitalize. Cf. abirritation...
