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1. adjust, v.2 View full entry 1611
...trans. To arrange, harmonize, or reconcile (different or contradictory things); to settle, to resolve (esp. a difficulty or problem)....
2. aided, adj. View full entry 1611
...Assisted, helped, supported....
3. anticipated, adj. View full entry 1611
...Taken or occurring in advance or beforehand....
4. ˈarbitrated, adj. View full entry 1611
...Settled by arbitration; spec. in Comm. Determined or conducted by ‘Arbitration of Exchange’....
5. barterer, n. View full entry 1611
...One who barters; a petty or mercenary trafficker....
6. certified, adj. View full entry 1611
...Made certain; assured; certainly informed; attested by certificate; furnished with a certificate....
7. cessionary, n. View full entry 1611
...A bankrupt who makes cessio bonorum. Obs....
8. ˈChristmas-box, n. View full entry 1611
...A box, usually of earthenware, in which contributions of money were collected at Christmas, by apprentices, etc.; the box being broken when full, and the contents shared. See box5....
9. click, n.1 View full entry 1611
...A slight, sharp, hard, non-ringing sound of concussion, thinner than a clack, such as is made by the dropping of a latch, the cocking of a gun, etc. Also ...
10. concession, n. View full entry 1611
...The action of conceding, yielding, or granting (anything asked or required)....
11. contributable, adj. View full entry 1611
...Of persons: Liable to contribute, subject to contribution. So Frenchcontribuable....
12. creditrix, n. View full entry 1611
...A female creditor. Also in figurative contexts. Cf. creditress...
13. † ˈcustoming, n. View full entry 1611
...(See quot. 1611.)...
14. demonstrator, n. View full entry 1611
...One who or that which demonstrates, points out, or proves....
15. district, n. View full entry 1611
...Law. The territory under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord. Obs....
16. engagement, n. View full entry 1611
...The pledging or mortgaging (of property); a mortgage, ‘encumbrance’. Obs....
17. exposer, n. View full entry 1611
...One who exposes (in senses of vb.)....
18. forestalment, n. View full entry 1611
...The action of forestalling in various senses; an instance of this....
19. † ˈgantellage, n. View full entry 1611
...(See quot. 1611.)...
20. † ˈhoopage, n. View full entry 1611
...(See quot. 1611.)...
