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1. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...Expressing position within, situation, etc.: in, with; = on7a13. Now Eng. regional....
2. a-, prefix2 View full entry c1275
...(No longer productive.) Expressing completeness; = y-23....
3. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
4. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
5. about, adv., prep.1, adj., and int. View full entry eOE
...In rotation or revolution; round in a circular course. Now rare except in fig. use with verbs....
6. abouts, adv. and prep. View full entry a1387
...= about (in various senses). Cf. nearabouts...
7. acclaim, v. View full entry c1330
...trans.Sc. and Eng. regional. To lay claim to, to claim. Obs....
8. 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....
9. acquaint, v. View full entry c1325
...trans. (refl.). To make the acquaintance of a person; to introduce or present oneself to;to develop an acquaintanceship with a person, get to know.Obs....
10. acquiescency, n. View full entry 1646
...= acquiescence (in various senses)....
11. across, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry a1250
...In the form of a cross, crosswise; crossing each other, crossed. Now rare....
12. acrost, prep. and adv. View full entry 1759
...= across...
13. Adam and Eve, n. View full entry 1789
...N. Amer. Any of several similar North American orchids, esp. the putty-root, Aplectrum hyemale, with a tuber formerly (and sometimes still) used medicinally or carried to protect...
14. adder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In generic sense: a snake, a serpent, esp. with reference to the serpent as a manifestation of the devil in the biblical account of the Fall in the Garden of Eden; (hence,...
15. addition, n. View full entry c1400
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an appendix, an augmentation; (also) a person who becomes part of a family or other group of people....
16. admire, v. View full entry c1429
...intr. To feel or express wonder, astonishment, or surprise; to marvel....
17. aforeward, adv. and prep. View full entry a1200
...Before all others in rank or position; in front. Also: (of time) in the first place, first of all. Cf. foremostObs....
18. after, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Behind something in place or position; in the rear; further back....
19. afterwhile, adv. View full entry 1839
...After a while; later on....
20. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
