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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...Expressing position within, situation, etc.: in, with; = on7a13. Now Eng. regional....
3. a-, prefix2 View full entry c1275
...(No longer productive.) Expressing completeness; = y-23....
4. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
5. abalone, n. View full entry 1850
...An edible gastropod mollusc of the genus Haliotis, typically found in warm seas, having a shallow ear-shaped shell lined with mother-of-pearl and pierced with a line of respiratory holes; an...
6. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
7. ABD, n. View full entry 1954
...A student who has completed all the work required for the award of a doctorate, except for the dissertation; an unofficial qualification recognizing this status; also in PhD (ABD)....
8. abduce, v. View full entry 1537
...trans. = abduct2a. Now chiefly U.S....
9. abecedarian, n. and adj. View full entry 1603
...A person who is learning the alphabet or who is engaged in elementary education; spec. (U.S.) a member of the youngest group of children in a school (now...
10. aberrate, v. View full entry 1749
...intr. To go astray; to deviate from a usual course or mode of behaviour. Also: to produce aberration....
11. ability, n. View full entry a1398
...Suitableness or adaptation for a purpose; fitness, aptitude; (also) an instance of this. Obs....
12. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
13. abled, adj. and n. View full entry 1576
...Capable; vigorous, thriving. Obs....
14. ableist, adj. View full entry 1981
...Characterized by or exhibiting ableism....
15. † abluvion, n. View full entry 1805
...The action or process of washing off or away; that which is washed off or away....
16. abnormous, adj. View full entry 1710
...Originally: irregular; exaggerated; misshapen. In later use also (humorous, chiefly U.S.): enormous....
17. 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....
18. aboiteau, n. View full entry 1802
...Esp. in the Maritime Provinces of Canada: a sluice gate in a dyke, which allows water draining from the land to flow out but does not allow sea water to enter. Also:...
19. aboiteau, v. View full entry 1899
...trans. To provide (a river) with a dyke containing an aboiteau....
20. abolitionize, v. View full entry 1836
...trans. To imbue with the principles of abolitionism; to make (a person or community) opposed to slavery....
