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1. aberemurder, n. View full entry 1647
...Deliberate, premeditated murder....
2. Achaemenian, adj. and n. View full entry 1661
...= Achaemenid...
3. Achaemenid, n. and adj. View full entry 1601
...A member of the dynasty that ruled in ancient Persia from the time of Cyrus the Great (d. 529 b.c.) until the death of Darius III (330 b.c.)....
4. acies, n. View full entry 1628
...Roman Hist. A battle line in a military formation. rare....
5. acinaces, n. View full entry 1653
...A kind of straight Persian short sword....
6. acroasis, n. View full entry 1623
...An oral discourse; a discourse listened to rather than read....
7. adpromissor, n. View full entry 1675
...A person who gives bail or security. Cf. promissor2....
8. adrogate, v. View full entry 1616
...trans. To adopt (a person who is not subject to the legal power of another). Also intr.: to adopt in this way. Cf. arrogate, sui juris...
9. adrogation, n. View full entry 1616
...Adoption of a person who is sui juris (sui jurisa) and hence not subject to the legal power of another. Cf. arrogation1....
10. adscript, n. and adj. View full entry 1636
...Geom. A circumscribed or inscribed line, esp. a tangent of a curve. Now rare and hist....
11. adstipulator, n. View full entry 1646
...An adherent, a supporter. Obs.rare....
12. adytum, n. View full entry 1611
...The innermost or most sacred part of a temple or other place of worship; (Classical Archit.) a small sanctuary in the cella reserved for oracles, priests, or priestesses. Also ...
13. aedicula, n. View full entry 1672
...Originally in Roman architecture: a niche (for a statue), esp. one framed by two columns supporting a pediment or an entablature; such a structure forming a shrine....
14. aedilician, n. and adj. View full entry 1601
...A person who has been an aedile, and so has the right to be elected to other offices. Cf. aedile...
15. Aeginetan, n. and adj. View full entry 1652
...A native or inhabitant of the Greek island of Aegina....
16. Aeolic, adj. and n. View full entry 1603
...Of or relating to Aeolia or to the Aeolians or their language (see Aeolian1); Aeolian....
17. afforcement, n. View full entry 1642
...= afforciament1. Obs....
18. agnomen, n. View full entry 1654
...A name used instead of or in addition to an original or usual name; an agname, a byname; (Roman Hist.) a second cognomen or fourth name, occasionally assumed by Romans....
19. agonistics, n. View full entry 1656
...With sing. concord. The theory of agonistic rhetoric; agonistic argument. Cf. agonistic1....
20. agonothete, n. View full entry 1600
...In the ancient Greek or Roman world: a person who presides over public games; a director or overseer of the games. Also: †a master of revels (obs.). Also fig....
