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1. admire, v. View full entry c1429
...intr. To feel or express wonder, astonishment, or surprise; to marvel....
2. anoint, v. View full entry 1330
...To smear or rub over (medicinally or cosmetically) with oil or unguent; to oil, grease, apply ointment to....
3. † aˈright, v. View full entry c1420
...To make right, to put to rights; to arrange or treat properly. Occas. ironically....
4. array, v. View full entry 1297
...To set or place in order of readiness, to marshall. esp. To draw up prepared for battle, and in obs. phr. to array a battle....
5. bless, v.1 View full entry c950
...trans. To consecrate (a thing) by a religious rite, the utterance of a formula or charm; in later times by a prayer committing it to God for his patronage, defence, and...
6. carol, v. View full entry 1303
...intr. To dance in a ring to the accompaniment of song; to dance and sing, make merry. Obs....
7. catechize, v. View full entry 14..
...trans. To give systematic oral instruction; to instruct (the young or ignorant) in the elements of religion by repeating the instruction until it is learnt by heart, or (as always implied...
8. cocoa, v. View full entry 1936
...In phr. I should cocoa (Rhyming slang), I should say so. Freq. used ironically....
9. coin, v.1 View full entry c1330
...trans. To make (money) by stamping metal....
10. dight, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To dictate, give directions to, direct. Obs. (Only in Old English.)...
11. edify, v. View full entry a1340
...trans. To build; to construct (a dwelling, edifice) of the usual building materials. rare in mod. use....
12. embroider, v. View full entry 14..
...trans. To ornament with needlework; to work in needlework upon cloth, etc. Also absol....
13. entertain, v. View full entry 1477
...trans. To hold mutually; to hold intertwined. Also absol. with reciprocal sense. Obs....
14. fool, v. View full entry c1400
...intr. To be or become foolish or insane....
15. handsel, v. View full entry c1430
...trans. To give handsel to (a person); to present with, give, or offer, something auspicious at the commencement of the year or day, the beginning of an enterprise, etc.; to inaugurate...
16. larn, v. View full entry 1790
...trans. To teach; to give (a person) a lesson; freq. used ironically as a threat of punishment....
17. laugh, v. View full entry eOE
...To make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body usual in expressing joy, mirth, amusement, or (sometimes) derision; to have the same reaction in response to being tickled; to...
18. lay, v.1 View full entry c888
...trans. To bring or cast down from an erect position (in Old English often, to strike down, slay); †fig. to cast down, abase, humble. Now only with complement denoting...
19. liberate, v. View full entry 1623
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20. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
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