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1. breve, n. View full entry a1400
...A letter of authority; a royal mandate: see brief1....
2. clearness, n. View full entry a1400
...Brightness, luminousness; splendour, brilliancy; fairness, beauty; fineness of weather. Obs....
3. conceive, v. View full entry a1300
...trans. Of a female: To receive (seed) in the womb; to become pregnant with (young)....
4. conception, n. View full entry a1300
...The action of conceiving, or fact of being conceived, in the womb....
5. conclusion, n. View full entry c1340
...The end, close, finish, termination, ‘wind up’ (e.g. of a speech or writing). (See also 4.)...
6. concord, n.1 View full entry a1300
...Agreement between persons; concurrence in feeling and opinion; harmony, accord....
7. couple, n. View full entry a1300
...A brace or leash for holding two hounds together. Usually in pl.; also a pair of couples....
8. drift, n. View full entry a1300
...The act of driving; propulsion, impulse, impetus. (Now rare or Obs. exc. as in 1b, or 2a.)...
9. ˈfollowing, adj. View full entry a1300
...That follows or moves after another....
10. force, n.1 View full entry a1300
...Physical strength, might, or vigour, as an attribute of living beings (occas. of liquor). Rarely in pl. (= French forces). Obs....
11. incline, v. View full entry a1300
...To bend or bow (the head, the body, oneself) towards a person or thing, and hence forward or downward....
12. round, v.2 View full entry a1400
...trans....
13. saying, n.1 View full entry a1300
...The action of say; utterance, enunciation; recitation. saying-again = again-saying...
14. spirit, n. View full entry 13..
...The animating or vital principle in man (and animals); that which gives life to the physical organism, in contrast to its purely material elements; the breath of life....
15. theme, n. View full entry a1300
...The subject of discourse, discussion, conversation, meditation, or composition; a topic....
16. unˈlawful, adj. and adv. View full entry a1300
...Contrary to law; prohibited by law; illegal....
17. weak, adj. and n. View full entry a1300
...Of a material thing: Pliant, flexible, readily bending. (Usually with implication of want of strength.) = wokea.Obs....
