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1. abandon, n.2 View full entry 1614
...The action of abandoning; abandonment, relinquishment; an instance of this....
2. abandon, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To let go, give up, renounce (a pursuit, practice, possession, etc.); to cease to use, have, or practise....
3. 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....
4. ablate, v. View full entry a1475
...trans. To take away, remove. Also intr. Now rare....
5. ablation, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Surg. Originally: surgical removal of an organ or other part of the body; the cutting away of abnormal tissue; an instance of this (now rare). In later use also:...
6. ablative, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar. Designating, being in, or relating to a case of nouns and pronouns, and of words in grammatical agreement with them, in Latin and certain other Indo-European languages, the central function...
7. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
8. aboard, adv. and prep. View full entry a1393
...Alongside, on one side (of a ship or a shore). Freq. modified by hard, close. See also board on boardboard12d....
9. † abordage, n. View full entry c1550
...An attack on a ship, in which it is boarded....
10. abort, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Abortion; miscarriage; an instance of this. Esp. in to make abort. Obs....
11. abort, v. View full entry 1540
...intr. Of a pregnant woman or animal: to expel an embryo or fetus from the uterus, esp. before it is viable; to suffer a spontaneous abortion or miscarriage. Cf. miscarry...
12. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
13. acceleration, n. View full entry 1490
...The action or process of accelerating or causing something to accelerate; speeding up; quickening. Also: an instance of this....
14. accelerator, n. View full entry 1611
...gen. A person who or thing which accelerates something (in speed, rate, amount, or extent, or in time)....
15. acceptance, n. View full entry 1528-30
...Law. An agreement to abide by the act or contract of another, such as a predecessor in an office, by some act which amounts to a recognition or approval of it,...
16. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
17. accumulator, n. View full entry 1611
...A person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person....
18. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
19. acorn, n. View full entry eOE
...The fruit of any tree producing mast. Also as a mass noun: †= mast1a (obs.). Now rare and only with contextual indication....
20. acoustic, adj. and n. View full entry 1635
...Designating the sense or the organs of hearing; of or relating to the sense of hearing; auditory....
