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1. aaron, n.1 View full entry ?c1425
...The wild arum or cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum. Cf. arum...
2. † abate, v.3 View full entry a1475
...intr. Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to beat or flap the wings, to flutter. Cf. bate...
3. abbreviate, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance; to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting the less important passages; to condense, summarize, abridge....
4. abbreviated, adj. View full entry c1487
...That has been abbreviated (in various senses); shortened, contracted; cut short. Also: reduced in size; small....
5. abbreviation, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Med. Reduction in the length or size of a part of the body; contraction, esp. of a muscle; an instance of this. Obs....
6. abject, v. View full entry ?c1425
...trans. To cast off or away; to cast out, exclude, reject, esp. as inferior, unworthy, or repugnant....
7. abjection, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The state or condition of being cast down or brought low; humiliation, degradation; dispiritedness, despondency....
8. ablate, v. View full entry a1475
...trans. To take away, remove. Also intr. Now rare....
9. 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:...
10. 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...
11. ablution, n. View full entry c1405
...Chem. Originally: the purification of oils and other substances by a process of emulsification with hot water, the water being drained off after the two immiscible liquids have been allowed to...
12. abscise, v. View full entry a1500
...trans. Chiefly Surg. To cut off or away; to perform abscission on. Cf. abscission2....
13. abscision, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The act of cutting something off or away; (Surg.) amputation; truncation; an instance of this. Cf. abscission12. Obs....
14. abscissor, n. View full entry ?a1425
...A cutting instrument; (prob.) = scissors1. Obs.rare....
15. absinth, n. View full entry c1429
...Common wormwood, Artemisia absinthium, noted for the intensely bitter taste of its leaves and stems, and used (esp. formerly) in herbal remedies and as a flavouring for drinks. Cf. ...
16. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
17. absolutely, adv. and int. View full entry ?a1425
...To the fullest extent; in the highest degree; entirely, wholly, utterly. In later use freq. as simple intensifier....
18. absorb, v. View full entry 1490
...trans. To swallow up, engulf, esp. in a body of water. Also with in. Freq. in pass. Also fig.Obs....
19. abstersive, n. and adj. View full entry ?a1425
...A medicine or other agent that cleans or purges. Also fig....
20. abstract, v. View full entry 1449
...trans. Chiefly Sc. in early use. To take away, extract, or remove (something); to move (a person or thing) away, withdraw. Freq. with from....
