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1. accessive, adj.2 View full entry 1583
...= excessive2b....
2. accidently, adv. View full entry ?a1425
...In an accidental or chance manner; accidentally, by chance (contextually: by mischance). (In modern use only as an occasional spelling variant of accidentally)...
3. according, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...With to. Corresponding to something; agreeing, matching. Obs....
4. acrost, prep. and adv. View full entry 1759
...= across...
5. adaption, n. View full entry 1615
...= adaptation (in various senses)....
6. adjourning, adj. View full entry 1661
...That adjourns (in various senses of the verb); characterized by or involving adjournment....
7. afear, adj. and conj. View full entry c1410
...= afeared...
8. afeared, adj. View full entry OE
...In a state of fear or apprehension; afraid, scared; moved or influenced by fear....
9. afters, n. View full entry 1909
...The sweet course following the main course of a meal; pudding, dessert. Also with sing. concord. Cf. second8....
10. aghasted, adj. View full entry a1425
...In early use: †frightened, terrified (cf. agast) (obs.). Later: filled with shock or horror; made aghast. Cf. aghast...
11. ahind, prep. and adv. View full entry 1753
...= behind (in various senses)....
12. altogether, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Modifying the object or complement of a clause, indicating that the whole of what it refers to is involved: all of (something); constituting or representing the entirety of (a place, group, etc.);...
13. an, conj. and n. View full entry ?a1160
...Now usu. in form an'. = andI. (coordinating). Now regional and nonstandard....
14. anagogical, adj. View full entry 1528
...Of words and their sense: mystical, spiritual, having a secondary spiritual sense, allegorical....
15. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
16. † anthropoˈmorphitize, v. View full entry 1810
...prop. To make, or act as, an anthropomorphite; improp. = anthropomorphize...
17. anyways, adv. and conj. View full entry c1560
...In any way, in any respect, at all....
18. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
19. assoilment, n. View full entry 1611
...The action or condition of absolution from sin, guilt, censure, or accusation....
20. athwart, adv. and prep. View full entry c1470
...Across from side to side, transversely; usually, but not necessarily, in an oblique direction....
