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1. abaht, adv. and prep. View full entry 1839
...About....
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. about, adv., prep.1, adj., and int. View full entry eOE
...In rotation or revolution; round in a circular course. Now rare except in fig. use with verbs....
4. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
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. absotively, adv. View full entry 1914
...Emphatically; without a doubt, irrefutably. Also used as an emphatic affirmative: yes, certainly, definitely. Freq. paired with posilutely...
7. accidental, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1387-8
...Not essential to the existence of a thing; not necessarily present, incidental, secondary, subsidiary....
8. accidentally, adv. View full entry a1398
...Non-essentially, incidentally; as a secondary or subsidiary effect....
9. accidently, adv. View full entry ?a1425
...In an accidental or chance manner; accidentally, by chance (contextually: by mischance). (In modern use only as an occasional spelling variant of accidentally)...
10. according, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...With to. Corresponding to something; agreeing, matching. Obs....
11. ack emma, n. and adv. View full entry 1909
...The signal used to denote the letters a.m. (for ante meridiem) in telephone communications, etc.; (hence colloq.) the morning....
12. acourse, adv.2 View full entry 1883
...Of course, naturally....
13. actually, adv. View full entry ?a1425
...In action; in fact, in reality, really. Opposed to possibly, potentially, theoretically, etc....
14. adrift, adv. and adj. View full entry 1578
...In or into a drifting condition; so as to drift without being moored, steered, propelled, etc....
15. 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...
16. agitato, adj., n., and adv. View full entry ?1775
...Music. Especially as a direction: agitated or restless in manner....
17. agreeable, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c1405
...With to (also †unto). That is to someone's liking; pleasing to a person, or to his or her taste....
18. ahind, prep. and adv. View full entry 1753
...= behind (in various senses)....
19. aholt, adv. View full entry 1868
...= ahold2....
20. ahorseback, adv. View full entry ?1473
...On horseback....
