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1. academy, n. View full entry a1382
...With capital initial....
2. accidence, n.1 View full entry a1393
...Chance, unforeseen or unexpected eventuality; (contextually) mishap, fortuitous circumstance. Also: an occurrence of this type. Freq. in prepositional phrases, as by accidence. Cf. accident5a....
3. accident, n. View full entry 1395
...Philos. In Aristotelian thought: a property or quality not essential to a substance or object; something that does not constitute an essential component, an attribute. Cf. substance4a....
4. accidental, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1387-8
...Not essential to the existence of a thing; not necessarily present, incidental, secondary, subsidiary....
5. affect, n. View full entry a1398
...The manner in which one is inclined or disposed; (also) the capacity for willing or desiring; a mental state, mood, or emotion, esp. one regarded as an attribute of a...
6. affirm, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. To assert (something) strongly; to state as a fact....
7. Alexandrine, n.1 and adj.1 View full entry a1387
...= Alexandrian (in various senses)....
8. amphibology, n. View full entry c1374
...= amphiboly1....
9. antecedent, n. View full entry 1393
...A thing or circumstance which goes before or precedes in time or order; often also implying causal relation with its consequent....
10. argument, n. View full entry c1374
...Proof, evidence, manifestation, token. (Passing from clear proof in early, to proof presumptive in later usage; cf. argue3) arch....
11. artificial, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a thing: made or constructed by human skill, esp. in imitation of, or as a substitute for, something which is made or occurs naturally; man-made....
12. assistant, adj. and n. View full entry a1400
...Standing or remaining by, present, accompanying. Obs....
13. attribute, n. View full entry a1400
...A quality or character ascribed to any person or thing, one which is in common estimation or usage assigned to him; hence, sometimes, an epithet or appellation in which the...
14. beggary, n. View full entry 1377
...The state or condition of a beggar; extreme poverty. Also fig....
15. begging, n. View full entry c1380
...The action or habit of asking earnestly; spec. of asking alms....
16. being, n. View full entry c1330
...Existence in relationship to some place or condition; (formerly also) presence (obs.). Now somewhat rare....
17. block, n. View full entry c1305
...A log of wood; part of the trunk of a tree, a stump....
18. casual, adj. and n. View full entry c1374
...Subject to, depending on, or produced by chance; accidental, fortuituous....
19. catalepsy, n. View full entry 1398
...Med. A disease characterized by a seizure or trance, lasting for hours or days, with suspension of sensation and consciousness....
20. chain, n. View full entry c1300
...A connected series of links (of metal or other material) passing through each other, or otherwise jointed together, so as to move on each other more or less freely, and thus form...
