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1. absorption, n. View full entry 1597
...The action or process of swallowing up or engulfing a material thing; an instance of this. Obs....
2. acme, n. View full entry a1568
...The highest point or culmination; the point or period at which something is at its best or most highly developed; (in later use also) a person or thing representing or embodying this....
3. adapt, v. View full entry 1531
...trans. With to (also †unto), for. To make (a person or thing) suitable or fit for a purpose, or conformable to specified conditions, standards, or...
4. adaptation, n. View full entry 1597
...The application of something to a particular end or purpose; the action of applying one thing to another or of bringing two things together so as to effect a change in the...
5. adder, n.2 View full entry 1547
...A person who adds (in various senses of the verb)....
6. admittance, n. View full entry 1534
...The action of admitting or being admitted as valid or satisfactory; acceptance, sanction. Freq. with of. Now rare....
7. adventuring, n. View full entry 1523
...The action of adventure; (originally) risking, hazarding, venturing; (now usually) seeking or having adventures....
8. advertising, n. View full entry 1525
...Chiefly Sc. Warning, notification, information. Obs....
9. aerial, adj. View full entry ?1545
...Dwelling, flying, or moving in the air, above the earth; occurring or taking place in the air; (spec. of birds or bats) spending much of the time airborne....
10. aggregator, n. View full entry 1528
...A collector or compiler of medical remedies....
11. air, v. View full entry 1530
...trans. To expose to the open air, to ventilate; occas. with out. Also intr.: to be exposed to the open air, to be ventilated....
12. airing, n. View full entry 1587
...The action of exposing to the air, esp. to fresh or warm air in order to ventilate or dry; an instance of this....
13. albumen, n. View full entry 1599
...The white of an egg; egg white. Cf. sense 4....
14. alloy, n. View full entry 1593
...The comparative purity of gold or silver; fineness. Cf. allay1a....
15. alternate, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1535
...Of two (occas. more) different or distinct kinds of things: occurring one after the other; alternating....
16. alternate, v. View full entry 1595
...trans. To turn back, to reverse. Obs.rare....
17. alternative, adj. and n. View full entry 1540
...Characterized by alternation; alternating, alternate....
18. aluming, n. View full entry 1583
...The action of alum...
19. ambient, adj. and n. View full entry 1596
...Turning round, revolving. Obs.rare....
20. amplification, n. View full entry 1546
...Of things material: enlargement. Also concr. that which is added, or causes enlargement....
