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1. abacus, n. View full entry a1387
...A board or tray strewn with sand in which numbers, letters, diagrams, etc., can be traced and erased. Cf. sandboard1, sand-table(a)sand2a. Now rare...
2. Abbevillian, adj. and n. View full entry 1783
...Of or relating to Abbeville or its inhabitants. Now rare....
3. abdicate, v. View full entry 1532
...trans. To proclaim or declare to be no longer one's own; to disown, cast off; esp. to disown or disinherit a child. Obs. (hist. in...
4. abdication, n. View full entry 1552
...The action or practice of formally disowning or casting off a person, esp. one's child. Chiefly hist., with reference to ancient Greek and Roman law....
5. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
6. absolution, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church....
7. † acceptilate, v. View full entry 1880
...trans. To discharge (a debt) by an acquittance without payment. Cf. acceptilation...
8. acephali, n. View full entry OE
...Priests who are not subject to the authority of a bishop. Also: bishops who are not subject to the authority of a metropolitan or archbishop. Obs.rare....
9. acetable, n. View full entry c1429
...Roman Hist. = acetabulum1....
10. acetabulum, n. View full entry a1398
...Roman Hist.A cup to hold condiments, esp. vinegar, for serving at the table.A measure of capacity for liquids and dry granular substances, equal to one-eighth of a sextary (sextary...
11. acies, n. View full entry 1628
...Roman Hist. A battle line in a military formation. rare....
12. acroasis, n. View full entry 1623
...An oral discourse; a discourse listened to rather than read....
13. actor, n. View full entry c1384
...A guardian, a steward; a person who acts on behalf of another. Obs....
14. † addicent, n. View full entry 1880
...A person who hands over (a thing or a person) in accordance with a judicial decision (see addict1)....
15. addict, v. View full entry 1534
...trans.Roman Law. To deliver or hand over formally (a person or thing) in accordance with a judicial decision; cf. addiction4. Also intr., fig....
16. † adjectician, adj. View full entry 1880
...Designating a legal action against a paterfamilias concerning a debt incurred by a third party for whom he is responsible, such as a slave or member of his household (see quot.)....
17. adrogating, adj. View full entry 1880
...That adrogates....
18. adscript, n. and adj. View full entry 1636
...Geom. A circumscribed or inscribed line, esp. a tangent of a curve. Now rare and hist....
19. adstipulate, v. View full entry 1870
...intr. To acts as an adstipulator (adstipulator) in a contract or bargain. Cf. stipulate1....
20. adstipulation, n. View full entry 1598
...Agreement, (formal) assent; approval, support. Also: an instance of this. Now hist. and rare....
