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1. absolutely, adv. and int. View full entry ?a1425
...To the fullest extent; in the highest degree; entirely, wholly, utterly. In later use freq. as simple intensifier....
2. affirmative, adj., n., and int. View full entry c1449
...Asserting that a fact is as stated or perceived; declaring what exists; expressing a positive response....
3. morning, n. and int. View full entry c1275
...Originally: the time of the approach or beginning of ‘morn’; the period around sunrise. In later use usually: the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise until noon or lunchtime....
4. negative, adj., adv.2, and int. View full entry c1460
...Of a person: that denies something. Obs.rare....
5. night, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The period of darkness occurring between one day and the next; that part of a 24-hour period during which a place receives no light from the sun; the time between evening and...
6. not, adv., n., and int. View full entry 1299
...Preceding a simple tense or form of a verb. Now usually (chiefly N. Amer.) with a subjunctive verb in a subordinate clause....
7. O, int. and n.2 View full entry OE
...Preceding a noun used vocatively....
8. † potlead, int. View full entry ?1608
...Expressing derision or disgust at something absurd....
9. Q.E.D., int. and n.1 View full entry 1614
...‘Which was to be demonstrated’: placed at the end of a mathematical proof (originally, one in Euclid) to indicate that a previously stated theorem is thereby proved; (in extended use) used to...
10. right, adj. and int. View full entry eOE
...That is straight; not bent, curved, or crooked. Formerly also right with: in a line with (obs.). Now only in right line2....
