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1. abbess, n. View full entry c1300
...A woman who is the head or superior of an abbey of nuns or (formerly) of a double abbey of nuns and monks. Also as a title. Cf. Mother Superiormother...
2. aboard, adv. and prep. View full entry a1393
...Alongside, on one side (of a ship or a shore). Freq. modified by hard, close. See also board on boardboard12d....
3. abomination, n. View full entry c1350
...A feeling or state of mind of disgust and hatred; detestation, loathing, abhorrence. Freq. with of (also to, at). to hold (also †have):...
4. Abraham, n. View full entry c1300
...heaven; the place of rest for the souls of the righteous dead. Chiefly in Abraham's bosom....
5. abroad, adv., prep., and n. View full entry c1300
...Over a broad or wide area; widely, broadly; †so as to be fully open or outspread (obs.). In later use more commonly with reference to non-physical things, as news, information,...
6. absence, n. View full entry c1384
...The state of being absent or away from a place, or from the company of a person or persons. Also occas.: an instance of this. Freq. with possessive adjectives. Contrasted with ...
7. academy, n. View full entry a1382
...With capital initial....
8. 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....
9. accidental, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1387-8
...Not essential to the existence of a thing; not necessarily present, incidental, secondary, subsidiary....
10. accidentally, adv. View full entry a1398
...Non-essentially, incidentally; as a secondary or subsidiary effect....
11. according, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...With to. Corresponding to something; agreeing, matching. Obs....
12. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
13. account, v. View full entry c1300
...trans. To present an account or reckoning of (one's actions, etc.); to answer for, to explain or justify. Also intr. with of. Cf. sense 3b....
14. act, n. View full entry a1382
...In pl., with capital initial, and freq. with the. More fully Acts of the Apostles. (The name of) one of the books of the New Testament...
15. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
16. actual, adj. and n. View full entry c1350
...Chiefly Theol. Characteristic of or relating to acts or action; exhibited in or arising from deeds; practical, active. Now chiefly in actual grace and actual sin....
17. affair, n. View full entry c1390
...An activity performed by a person, often on a habitual basis; something to be done; a piece or item of business; an occupation, a pursuit; a task, a duty. In later use...
18. afraid, adj. and n. View full entry c1350
...Alarmed, frightened; in a state of fear or apprehension, moved or actuated by fear....
19. afternoon, n., adv., and int. View full entry c1330
...Originally: the part of the day between the midday meal and the evening meal. In later use: the part of the day from noon or lunchtime to evening. Cf. forenoon1...
20. agony, n. View full entry c1384
...Christian Church. In sing. and pl. The mental struggle or anguish of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26: 36–46)....
