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1. abacinate, v. View full entry 1855
...trans. To blind by placing red-hot irons or reflective metal plates in front of the eyes. Also in extended use....
2. † abaeile, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To anger, offend; to provoke....
3. † abail, v.1 View full entry 1450
...trans. To provide bail for, to release on bail; (also) to pay bail to....
4. † abail, v.2 View full entry 1513
...trans. To reach, get to....
5. † abait, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. To excite, stimulate (sexual appetite)....
6. abalienate, v. View full entry a1555
...trans. To estrange or alienate in feeling; to cause to feel removed or distant. Also: to remove, distance. Freq. with from. Now rare....
7. † aban, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To summon, esp. by proclamation; spec. to call to arms. Freq. with out....
8. aband, v. View full entry 1574
...trans. To banish. Obs....
9. abandon, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To let go, give up, renounce (a pursuit, practice, possession, etc.); to cease to use, have, or practise....
10. † abandonate, v. View full entry ?1561
...trans. = abandon (in various senses). Also refl....
11. † abar, v. View full entry a1504
...trans. To bar, debar. Chiefly with from....
12. † abare, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To lay bare, uncover; to strip. Also fig....
13. abase, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To lower in rank, condition, or character; to humble, humiliate, degrade. In later use chiefly refl....
14. abash, v. View full entry c1384
...trans. To cause (a person) to lose his or her self-possession or confidence, esp. as a result of a sudden sense of embarrassment, shame, or humiliation; to throw (a person, the...
15. † abastard, v. View full entry 1573
...trans. To corrupt, debase, make degenerate....
16. abastardize, v. View full entry 1574
...trans. To declare or render illegitimate; (hence) to make corrupt or degenerate; to debase. Cf. bastardize...
17. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
18. abate, v.2 View full entry c1436
...trans. (refl.). To take possession of land between the death of the owner and the accession of the heir, thereby keeping the legitimate heir out of possession....
19. † abate, v.3 View full entry a1475
...intr. Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to beat or flap the wings, to flutter. Cf. bate...
20. † abattle, v.1 View full entry c1380
...trans. To fortify. Cf. embattle3....
