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1. abasement, n. View full entry 1435
...A reduction in price or value (esp. of a currency); the action or fact of making such a reduction. Also in extended use....
2. abatement, n.2 View full entry 1421
...The result of abating or lessening (in various senses of abateII.); the amount by which something is abated; a reduction, deduction, decrease....
3. abridgement, n. View full entry 1439
...The action of reducing something in magnitude, extent, or duration; shortening, cutting short; curtailment, limitation; an instance of this. Cf. abbreviation3....
4. † abroge, v. View full entry 1427
...trans. = abrogate...
5. abuse, n. View full entry 1439-40
...Improper usage; a corrupt practice or custom; esp. one that has become chronic....
6. accessory, n. and adj. View full entry 1414
...Chiefly Law. A person who incites or assists someone to commit an arrestable offence, or who knowingly aids someone who has committed such an offence (opposed to principal)....
7. accountant, adj. and n. View full entry 1429-30
...Giving or liable to give an account (esp. of conduct or the performance of duties); accountable, responsible. Esp. in earlier use, to stand accountant. Chiefly to (a person),...
8. accustomed, adj. View full entry 1429-30
...Customary, habitual, usual....
9. † acquiet, v. View full entry 1453-4
...trans. = acquit (in various senses); esp. to free of claims or obligations. Chiefly in to warrant, acquiet, and defend: see warrant....
10. adhere, v. View full entry 1461-2
...Usu. with to....
11. adherence, n. View full entry 1449-50
...Attachment to a person, party, or cause; steadfast support; loyalty, allegiance. Also occas.: an instance of this....
12. † adjoinant, adj. and n. View full entry 1429-30
...= adjoining...
13. adjournment, n. View full entry 1445-6
...The action or an act of adjourning (in various senses of the verb)....
14. aforethought, adj. View full entry 1472-3
...Chiefly used postpositively. Originally and esp. Law in malice aforethought (see also malice2). That was thought before; entertained in the mind beforehand; premeditated....
15. aforetime, adv., n., and adj. View full entry 1433
...In the past, formerly, previously; = aforetimes...
16. aforetimes, adv. View full entry 1429-30
...In the past, formerly, previously; = aforetime...
17. aid, v. View full entry 1450-1
...trans....
18. aidant, adj. and n. View full entry 1449-50
...That provides aid or assistance; helpful. Now rare (chiefly literary in later use)....
19. † alcamyne, n. View full entry 1463-5
...A metal alloy imitating gold; = alchemy2....
20. allot, v. View full entry 1473-4
...trans. To give or assign (something) to someone authoritatively, without the recipient having any control; to distribute (shares, duties, etc.) among a number of people; to apportion. Also: to assign (a...