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1. abandon, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To let go, give up, renounce (a pursuit, practice, possession, etc.); to cease to use, have, or practise....
2. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
3. abatement, n.1 View full entry ?a1400
...The action of abate; wrongful occupation of land or property, usurpation; an instance of this. Freq. in abatement of freehold....
4. abating, n. View full entry 1370
...The action or process of reducing, or lessening; reduction, diminution, decrease; an instance of this....
5. abetment, n. View full entry c1380
...Chiefly Law. The action or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed....
6. abettor, n. View full entry 1387-8
...Chiefly Law. A person who encourages or assists an offender....
7. ability, n. View full entry a1398
...Suitableness or adaptation for a purpose; fitness, aptitude; (also) an instance of this. Obs....
8. able, v. View full entry a1400
...trans....
9. abridge, v. View full entry c1384
...trans. To cut short or reduce (a period of time, as the duration of something); to shorten the duration of; to end (something) earlier than expected or planned. Cf. abbreviate...
10. absence, n. View full entry c1384
...The state of being absent or away from a place, or from the company of a person or persons. Also occas.: an instance of this. Freq. with possessive adjectives. Contrasted with ...
11. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a word: denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Freq. in abstract noun. Opposed to concrete....
12. accept, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. (formerly (17th–18th centuries) also †intr. with of (obs.))....
13. access, n. View full entry c1300
...An attack, or the onset (of fever or disease); a repeated episode (of an intermittent or chronic disease); (esp. in early use) spec. the characteristic paroxysm...
14. accidental, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1387-8
...Not essential to the existence of a thing; not necessarily present, incidental, secondary, subsidiary....
15. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
16. accusation, n. View full entry a1382
...An act of accusing; a charge or claim of lawbreaking or wrongdoing; a criticism....
17. accusatory, adj. View full entry a1400
...Of, relating to, or characterized by accusation; of the nature of or containing an accusation....
18. accusement, n. View full entry a1393
...The action of accusing; an accusation....
19. † achete, n. View full entry a1325
...The reversion of property to a lord on the owner's dying without legal heirs; escheat; (also) the right to claim such escheated property. Cf. achete...
20. acquittance, n. View full entry 1394
...A document showing that a debt has been paid; a receipt in full, barring further demand for payment; a written or printed release. Now hist....
