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1. abiding, n. View full entry 1340
...The action of waiting at a certain point; stopping, pausing, hesitation; a pause, delay. Cf. abide2a. Obs....
2. abominable, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1340
...That excites moral or physical revulsion or disgust; offensive, reprehensible; loathsome, odious, detestable....
3. † aboutstanding, n. View full entry 1340
...A circumstance....
4. abundance, n. and adv. View full entry 1340
...An overflowing quantity or amount (of something); a large quantity; plenty....
5. † accumbering, n. View full entry 1340
...The fact of being overwhelmed or oppressed; distress, vexation....
6. active, adj. and n. View full entry 1340
...Of a way or style of life: characterized by outward action rather than inward contemplation or speculation; practical. Esp. in active life, and chiefly in religious contexts. Opposed to ...
7. admeasure, v. View full entry 1340
...trans. To keep (something) within proper limits; to moderate, temper; (in later use) to set or determine the limits of. Also refl.: to show moderation. Obs....
8. admeasured, adj. View full entry 1340
...That is or has been admeasured (in various senses of the verb); measured; apportioned, allocated; †kept within bounds, temperate (obs.)....
9. admonish, v. View full entry 1340
...trans. To exhort or urge (a person) to do something, esp. as a duty or obligation; to tell or warn (a person) that he or she should...
10. adoption, n. View full entry 1340
...The action or practice of legally or informally taking a person into any relationship; esp. the taking of a minor who is not one's offspring into the legal relationship of...
11. adversary, n. and adj. View full entry 1340
...The Devil, Satan, regarded as the enemy of mankind. See also old adversaryold14. Sometimes with the and capital initial....
12. advocate, n. View full entry 1340
...Christian Church. A person or agent believed to intercede between God and sinners; spec. Christ or the Virgin Mary....
13. agenbite, n. View full entry 1340
...Remorse....
14. † aginning, n. View full entry 1340
...A beginning....
15. † agraithing, n. View full entry 1340
...Decoration, ornamentation. In pl.: embellishments; clothing, dress....
16. † agrass, adv. View full entry 1340
...Of corn: in the blade stage of growth. Cf. in the grassgrass4a....
17. allow, v. View full entry 1340
...trans. To laud, praise, commend. Obs....
18. almoner, n.2 View full entry 1340
...A person who gives alms to the poor, esp. generously; an almsgiver; a benefactor. Now rare except as an extended use of sense 2a....
19. ambition, n. View full entry 1340
...The ardent (in early usage, inordinate) desire to rise to high position, or to attain rank, influence, distinction or other preferment....
20. † anˈferme, v. View full entry 1340
...= affirm...
