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1. attendance, n. View full entry c1374
...The action or condition of applying one's mind or observant faculties to something; = attention1. Obs....
2. congregation, n. View full entry c1374
...The action of congregating or collecting in one body or mass....
3. continuation, n. View full entry c1374
...The action of continuing in any course of action; perseverance, persistency. Obs....
4. demonstration, n. View full entry c1374
...The action of showing forth or exhibiting; making known, pointing out; exhibition, manifestation; also an instance of this. Obs....
5. demonstrative, adj. and n. View full entry c1386
...Having the function or quality of clearly showing, exhibiting, or indicating; making evident; illustrative....
6. digestion, n. View full entry c1386
...The physiological process whereby the nutritive part of the food consumed is, in the stomach and intestines, rendered fit to be assimilated by the system....
7. direct, adj. and adv. View full entry c1400
...In reference to space: Straight; undeviating in course; not circuitous or crooked....
8. divide, v. View full entry c1374
...To separate (a thing) into parts, or (a number or collective body) into smaller groups; to split up, cleave; to break or cut asunder....
9. division, n. View full entry c1374
...The action of dividing or state of being divided into parts or branches; partition, severance....
10. † enˈlumine, v. View full entry c1366
...trans. To light up, illuminate; also transf....
11. examination, n. View full entry c1386
...A testing, trial, proof, assay. Also fig.Obs. exc. as a contextual use of 3....
12. examining, n. View full entry c1386
...The action of examine, in various senses....
13. exceed, v. View full entry c1374
...trans. To pass out of (boundaries, etc.); to transcend the limits of; to proceed beyond (a specified point). Also, rarely, to project beyond. Obs. or arch....
14. † exerce, v. View full entry c1374
...trans. To set in motion; to give play to (anger); to display (wisdom); = exercise1b....
15. foundation, n. View full entry c1385
...The action of founding or building upon a firm substructure; the state or fact of being founded....
16. † ˈginner, n.1 View full entry c1374
...A beginner....
17. homecoming, n. View full entry c1405
...The action or an act of returning to one's home, household, or native land; an arrival at home....
18. imbibe, v. View full entry c1386
...trans. To cause to absorb moisture or liquid; to soak, imbue, or saturate with moisture; to steep. Obs....
19. imposition, n. View full entry c1374
...The action of putting, placing, or laying on. Also concr. A layer over something. rare....
20. impress, v.1 View full entry c1374
...To apply with pressure; to press (a thing upon another) so as to leave a mark; to produce by pressure (a mark on, †in some substance);...
