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1. accumulation, n. View full entry 1490
...An accumulated mass; a heap, amount, or quantity formed by successive additions....
2. achievement, n. View full entry 1477
...The action of achieving something; completion, accomplishment, successful execution....
3. approved, adj. View full entry 1489
...Proved or established by experience, tried, tested....
4. docile, adj. View full entry 1483
...Apt to be taught; ready and willing to receive instruction; teachable....
5. dormitory, n. View full entry 1485
...A sleeping-chamber; spec. a room containing a number of beds, or a gallery or building divided into cells or chambers each having a bed or beds in it, for the...
6. ensign, v. View full entry 1474
...trans. To indicate, point out, show. Also absol. to give indications. Obs....
7. formative, adj. and n. View full entry 1490
...Having the faculty of forming or fashioning....
8. governess, n. View full entry 1483
...A woman who governs (e.g. a kingdom, province, a community, religious institution); a female governor or ruler. Obs. exc. as nonce-use. †Formerly often applied to the presiding or...
9. government, n. View full entry 1484
...The action of governing (see senses of the vb.)....
10. illuminator, n. View full entry 1485
...He who or that which illuminates or gives light; an illuminating agent....
11. impose, v. View full entry 1484
...To lay on or set on; to place or set in a position; to put, place, or deposit. arch....
12. industry, n. View full entry 1477
...Intelligent or clever working; skill, ingenuity, dexterity, or cleverness in doing anything....
13. lector, n. View full entry 1483
...Christian Church. An ecclesiastic belonging to one of the minor orders, whose duty originally consisted in reading the ‘lessons’....
14. recitation, n. View full entry 1484
...The action of relating, recounting, or describing something; recital, account, description. Formerly also: †the action of enumerating something (obs.)....
15. scratch, v. View full entry 1474
...trans. To wound superficially by dragging the claws or finger-nails over the skin. Also, in wider sense: To wound superficially with anything pointed and hard dragged over the skin or in...
16. suppost, n. View full entry 1490
...A thing....
17. † tutrice, n. View full entry 1490
...A tutoress....
