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1. a, int.2 View full entry c1440
...Prefixed to a proper name as a war cry....
2. † abackwards, adv. View full entry a1477
...= back5. Cf. abackward...
3. † abail, v.1 View full entry 1450
...trans. To provide bail for, to release on bail; (also) to pay bail to....
4. abandoning, n. View full entry a1500
...The action of relinquishing, giving up, or deserting; abandonment....
5. † abandonly, adv.1 View full entry 1487
...Recklessly, impetuously, unguardedly....
6. 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....
7. † abashance, n. View full entry a1450
...The quality or condition of being abashed; loss of self-possession....
8. abashedness, n. View full entry c1480
...The quality or state of being abashed....
9. † abashing, n. View full entry c1404
...The action of abash; an instance of this; (also) the state of being abashed; confusion, consternation, embarrassment....
10. abashment, n. View full entry c1430
...The quality or state of being abashed (cf. abash), discomfiture, embarrassment; an instance of this....
11. abatable, adj. View full entry c1430
...That may be abated; liable to be abated (in various senses of abate)....
12. † abate, n. View full entry 1486
...Diminution, reduction (of a quality, etc.); an instance of this....
13. abated, adj. View full entry ?c1400
...Reduced, diminished, lessened (esp. in quality or amount)....
14. 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....
15. † abattle, v.2 View full entry c1400
...trans. To engage in battle....
16. † abattlement, n. View full entry c1400
...A battlement....
17. abbotship, n. View full entry c1450
...The position or office of abbot or (formerly) †abbess; the benefice of an abbot. Cf. abbacy1....
18. abbreviated, adj. View full entry c1487
...That has been abbreviated (in various senses); shortened, contracted; cut short. Also: reduced in size; small....
19. abearing, n. View full entry ?1454
...= abearance...
20. † abeere, adv. View full entry a1450
...On, upon, or to a bier. Only in to bring abeere: to send to the grave, to kill....
