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1. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
2. aeon | eon, n. View full entry 1581
...In Gnostic theology: any of a number of emanations of God, taking part in the creation and government of the universe....
3. 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....
4. antecedent, n. View full entry 1393
...A thing or circumstance which goes before or precedes in time or order; often also implying causal relation with its consequent....
5. 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...
6. balanced, adj. View full entry 1592
...lit....
7. 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....
8. 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....
9. 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)....
10. coherence, n. View full entry c1580
...lit. The action or fact of cleaving or sticking together; cohesion....
11. concrete, adj. and n. View full entry 1471
...United or connected by growth; grown together. Obs....
12. 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....
13. contract, adj. and n.2 View full entry c1386
...Past participle, as:...
14. depth, n. View full entry a1382
...Measurement or distance from the top downwards (or from the surface inwards); also fig....
15. descent, n. View full entry c1330
...The action of descending; a going or coming down; downward motion (of any kind)....
16. determination, n. View full entry 1395
...A bringing to an end; a coming to an end; ending; termination. arch. (exc. as in 1b)....
17. draw, v. View full entry c950
...trans. To cause (anything) to move toward oneself by the application of force; to pull....
18. egoizer, n. View full entry 1862
...Used as trans. of Sanskrit ahaṁkâra (lit. ‘ego-maker’) a term in Hindu philosophy. See quot. 1862 and cf. egoism5....
19. emanation, n. View full entry 1570
...The process of flowing forth, issuing, or proceeding from anything as a source. lit. and fig. Often applied to the origination of created beings from God; chiefly with...
20. field, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain....
