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1. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
2. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
3. argument, n. View full entry c1374
...Proof, evidence, manifestation, token. (Passing from clear proof in early, to proof presumptive in later usage; cf. argue3) arch....
4. assertion, n. View full entry c1449
...The action of setting free, liberation. Obs....
5. assume, v. View full entry 1436
...trans. To take to be with one, to receive into association, to adopt into partnership, employment, service, use; to adopt, take....
6. assumption, n. View full entry 1297
...The action of receiving up into heaven; ascent to or reception into heaven....
7. atom, n. View full entry OE
...In and with reference to the medieval period: the smallest unit of time, of which there are 376 in a minute and 22,560 in an hour, equal to 1594...
8. attribution, n. View full entry 1467
...The action of bestowing or assigning (in fact); bestowal. arch. or Obs....
9. band, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...Anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle. arch....
10. basis, n. View full entry ?a1560
...gen. The bottom of anything, considered as the part on which it rests or is supported; the foundation, base, foot. arch....
11. belief, n. View full entry c1175
...Theol....
12. body, n. View full entry eOE
...The complete physical form of a person or animal; the assemblage of parts, organs, and tissues that constitutes the whole material organism....
13. case, n.1 View full entry a1250
...A thing that befalls or happens to any one; an event, occurrence, hap, or chance....
14. circumstance, n. View full entry ?c1225
...That which stands around or surrounds; the totality of surrounding things; surroundings; environment. Obs. (exc. nonce-use as in 1832)....
15. class, n. and adj. View full entry 1533
...Roman Hist. A group of Roman citizens who could meet a certain minimum wealth qualification; spec. each of the five groups into which property owners were divided for military...
16. colour | color, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Any of the constituents into which light can be separated as in a spectrum or rainbow, and which are referred to by names such as blue, red, ...
17. complete, adj. View full entry c1374
...Having all its parts or members; comprising the full number or amount; embracing all the requisite items, details, topics, etc.; entire, full....
18. composition, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of putting together or combining; the fact of being put together or combined; combination (of things as parts or elements of a whole)....
19. condition, n. View full entry c1315
...Something demanded or required as a prerequisite to the granting or performance of something else; a provision, a stipulation....
20. conscious, adj. and n. View full entry 1573
...Having awareness of one's own wrongdoing, affected by a feeling of guilt. Formerly also: †having guilty knowledge of (obs.). Now literary....
