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1. † accessarily, adv. View full entry 1611

...= accessorily1....

2. admissible, adj. View full entry 1611

...Worthy of consideration or approval; acceptable, valid....

3. aggravated, adj. View full entry 1611

...Exasperated, incensed, irritated, provoked. Freq. in predicative use. Now chiefly colloq....

4. certified, adj. View full entry 1611

...Made certain; assured; certainly informed; attested by certificate; furnished with a certificate....

5. cessionary, n. View full entry 1611

...A bankrupt who makes cessio bonorum. Obs....

6. citizenship, n. View full entry 1611

...The position or status of being a citizen, with its rights and privileges....

7. † compaˈrition, n. View full entry 1611

...An appearance, esp. before a tribunal, etc....

8. concession, n. View full entry 1611

...The action of conceding, yielding, or granting (anything asked or required)....

9. conˈtractedly, adv. View full entry 1611

...In a contracted or shortened manner; concisely; by contraction: see contracted5....

10. convicted, adj. View full entry 1611

...Proved or found guilty; condemned....

11. † ˈcounterband, n.1 View full entry 1611

...= counterbond...

12. † ˈcounter-pawn, n. View full entry 1611

...= counterpane1....

13. criminality, n. View full entry 1611

...The quality or fact of being criminal. Also: criminal activity....

14. † disimˈpeach, v. View full entry 1611

...trans. To free from impeachment....

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. escheatable, adj. View full entry 1611

...Liable to escheat....

18. escheatage, n. View full entry 1611

...The right of succeeding to an escheat....

19. evacuator, n. View full entry 1611

...One who or that which evacuates (in the senses of the verb)....

20. extractor, n. View full entry 1611

...One who extracts....

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