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1. act, n. View full entry a1382
...In pl., with capital initial, and freq. with the. More fully Acts of the Apostles. (The name of) one of the books of the New Testament...
2. adjective, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Grammar. That is an adjective (sense B. 1a)....
3. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
4. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
5. beg, v. View full entry ?c1225
...To ask alms or by way of alms....
6. blank, n. View full entry 1480
...A small French coin, originally of silver, but afterwards of copper; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English. According to Littré,...
7. business, n. View full entry OE
...Anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness. Obs....
8. challenge, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To accuse, bring a charge against, arraign, impeach. Also absol.Obs. (or ? dial.)...
9. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
10. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
11. convey, v.1 View full entry a1300
...trans. To go along with (any one) on his way for the sake of company; to accompany in token of courtesy or honour, or as an escort; to set forward or...
12. D, n. View full entry c1000
...the fourth letter of the Roman alphabet, corresponding in position and power to the Phoenician and Hebrew Daleth, and Greek Delta, Δ, whence also its form was derived...
13. death, n. View full entry c888
...The act or fact of dying; the end of life; the final cessation of the vital functions of an animal or plant....
14. do, v. View full entry c825
...To put, place....
15. dog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domesticated carnivorous mammal, Canis familiaris (or C. lupus familiaris), which typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractile claws, and a barking, howling, or...
16. duty, n. View full entry 1297
...The action and conduct due to a superior; homage, submission; due respect, reverence; an expression of submission, deference, or respect....
17. escape, n.1 View full entry c1300
...The action of escaping, or the fact of having escaped, from custody, danger, etc.; spec. in Law: see quot. 1641....
18. facility, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Gentleness; lightness of touch. Obs.rare....
19. fact, n. View full entry 1539
...A thing done or performed....
20. fall, v. View full entry c890
...intr. To drop from a high or relatively high position. Const. †in, into, to, on, upon; also, to the earth...
