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1. 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...
2. adult, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a person: having reached the age of maturity; grown-up....
3. amiss, adv., adj., and n. View full entry a1250
...Erroneously, in a way that goes astray of, or misses its object....
4. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
5. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
6. beggar, n. View full entry a1250
...One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing....
7. biblical, adj. View full entry 1652
...Of, relating to, or contained in, the Bible. biblical theology: see theology1a....
8. bless, v.1 View full entry c950
...trans. To consecrate (a thing) by a religious rite, the utterance of a formula or charm; in later times by a prayer committing it to God for his patronage, defence, and...
9. blessed | blest, adj. View full entry c1175
...Consecrated, hallowed, holy; consecrated by a religious rite or ceremony....
10. blessing, n. View full entry c825
...Hallowing, consecration. Obs....
11. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
12. business, n. View full entry OE
...Anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness. Obs....
13. certain, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1297
...Determined, fixed, settled; not variable or fluctuating; unfailing. To avoid ambiguity from confusion with sense A. 7, the adj. is sometimes put after its n., as a certain day...
14. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
15. cross, v. View full entry c1340
...trans. To crucify. Obs....
16. D, n. View full entry c1000
...the fourth letter of the Roman alphabet, corresponding in position and power to the Phoenician and Hebrew Daleth, and Greek Delta, Δ, whence also its form was derived...
17. death, n. View full entry c888
...The act or fact of dying; the end of life; the final cessation of the vital functions of an animal or plant....
18. dog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domesticated carnivorous mammal, Canis familiaris (or C. lupus familiaris), which typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractile claws, and a barking, howling, or...
19. duty, n. View full entry 1297
...The action and conduct due to a superior; homage, submission; due respect, reverence; an expression of submission, deference, or respect....
20. economical, adj. View full entry c1487
...Relating to household management, esp. as regards the proper organization of domestic resources; resembling what obtains in a household, domestic. Cf. economic1. Now rare....
