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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. Abitur, n. View full entry 1918
...In Germany: the set of examinations taken in the final year of secondary school, forming part of the entrance requirements for universities....
3. absit, n. View full entry 1857
...A notice granting temporary absence (originally for a day or part of a day) to a university student or a pupil at a boarding school. Cf. exeat2....
4. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
5. academia, n. View full entry 1542
...With capital initial. = academy1. Cf. Academe1b....
6. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....
7. academical, adj. and n. View full entry 1549
...Philos. Also with capital initial. = academic1. Now rare....
8. accumulate, v. View full entry c1487
...trans. To heap up in a mass, to pile up (lit. and fig.); to amass, collect, or accrue (esp. wealth or possessions)....
9. accumulating, n. View full entry ?1550
...The action of accumulate (in various senses); an accumulation....
10. accumulation, n. View full entry 1490
...An accumulated mass; a heap, amount, or quantity formed by successive additions....
11. accumulator, n. View full entry 1611
...A person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person....
12. 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...
13. ad eundem, adv. View full entry 1711
...To the same degree, rank, or status at another university or institution; by virtue of having previously attained that degree or status at a different university....
14. adjoint, n. and adj. View full entry 1574
...That which is joined or connected to something else; an addition; an adjunct....
15. adult, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a person: having reached the age of maturity; grown-up....
16. advanced, adj. View full entry c1460
...Promoted to an ecclesiastical living. Cf. advance2a. Obs....
17. adviser, n. View full entry c1536
...Usu. with of. A person who advises a particular course of action, measure, etc.; an advocate, a proponent. Now rare....
18. aeger, adj. and n. View full entry 1835
...Of a student or pupil: excused from attendance at lectures, classes, etc., on account of illness....
19. aesthete, n. View full entry 1866
...A person who professes a special or superior appreciation of what is beautiful. Also: (in British universities) a studious person (opposed to hearty) (now rare). Cf. aesthetic...
20. all-but, n. View full entry 1890
...A person who or thing which almost qualifies as something or very nearly fits a particular description; (now chiefly N. Amer.Educ.) = ABD...
