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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. absentee, n. and adj. View full entry 1537
...A landowner who resides abroad or at a distance from his or her estate; (formerly also) a clergyman who is habitually absent from his parish. Also more generally: a person who is...
3. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
4. abstractionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1832
...A person who prefers to view, analyse, and discuss the world in abstract rather than practical terms; a thinker who gives precedence to abstract ideas and concepts over concrete and particular ones....
5. acceptance, n. View full entry 1528-30
...Law. An agreement to abide by the act or contract of another, such as a predecessor in an office, by some act which amounts to a recognition or approval of it,...
6. access, n. View full entry c1300
...An attack, or the onset (of fever or disease); a repeated episode (of an intermittent or chronic disease); (esp. in early use) spec. the characteristic paroxysm...
7. acclamation, n. View full entry 1541
...An act of acclaiming; an exclamation or other expression of sentiment addressed to someone in a loud voice....
8. accredit, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To give or lend credit to, to promote as or show to be credible; to gain belief or influence for. Also: to vouch for, sanction, or countenance....
9. accreditation, n. View full entry 1806
...The action of accrediting; the fact of being accredited; recommendation to credit or (esp. with reference to diplomats and journalists) to official recognition....
10. act, n. View full entry a1382
...In pl., with capital initial, and freq. with the. More fully Acts of the Apostles. (The name of) one of the books of the New Testament...
11. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
12. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
13. address, v. View full entry a1325
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To direct (a written communication) to a specific person or destination; spec. (in early use) to write and send (a writ, a petition,...
14. administrative, adj. and n. View full entry 1651
...Of, relating to, or concerned with administration (in various senses); (in later use esp.) relating to or required for the running of a business, organization, etc....
15. adopt, v. View full entry c1429
...trans....
16. advance, n. and adj. View full entry a1400
...The action of extolling or lauding something; ostentation, boasting. Cf. advancement2. Obs....
17. advance, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To promote or help the progress, success, or completion of (something); to further....
18. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
19. adviser, n. View full entry c1536
...Usu. with of. A person who advises a particular course of action, measure, etc.; an advocate, a proponent. Now rare....
20. aisle, n. View full entry 1398
...In a church: an area extending parallel to, and typically divided by pillars from, the main body of the church; (usually) each of a pair of such areas north and south of...
