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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
3. † ablast, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To blow on or at; to blast. In quot. OEfig.: to inspire....
4. absolution, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church....
5. abye, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To buy, purchase (something); to pay a price for (something); to obtain (something) at the cost of labour or suffering. Also (and in earliest use) Theol.: to redeem,...
6. accent, n. View full entry OE
...Any of a set of marks originally used with a letter to indicate the nature and position of the spoken accent, later of stress, in a written word; (also) any of these...
7. acephali, n. View full entry OE
...Priests who are not subject to the authority of a bishop. Also: bishops who are not subject to the authority of a metropolitan or archbishop. Obs.rare....
8. acolyte, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church (now chiefly R.C. Church). A person who attends a priest and performs subordinate duties, as assisting at the altar, lighting and bearing candles, etc. Also: the order...
9. † acome, v. View full entry OE
...intr. To come forth, to germinate; to come into being or to hand. Also: to attain to....
10. † acover, v. View full entry OE
...intr....
11. acre, n. View full entry OE
...A plot or piece of land, a field; spec. a piece of tilled or arable land. Now arch. and in proper names, as Long Acre....
12. † adrowe, v. View full entry OE
...intr. To dry up; to become dry or withered; to perish. Also fig....
13. † afare, v. View full entry OE
...intr. To depart, go....
14. afford, v. View full entry OE
...To further, advance; to promote the well-being of (a person or thing); to perform, carry out (a task, order, etc.); to accomplish. Obs....
15. affright, adj. View full entry OE
...In predicative use: struck with fear; terrified, frightened, afraid. Also with with. Also fig....
16. afloat, adj. and adv. View full entry OE
...Floating on the sea or on any stretch of water (or other liquid) of sufficient depth to support a body; not sinking, not aground; at sea, as opposed to being in dock...
17. Afterlithe, n. View full entry OE
...In Old English and early Middle English: = July...
18. † again-, comb. form View full entry OE
...Against, in opposition to. Also: opposite (rare)....
19. † again-lay, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To lay up, store up....
20. againwards, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...In a direction facing, towards. Obs....
