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1. † abait, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. To excite, stimulate (sexual appetite)....
2. abatement, n.1 View full entry ?a1400
...The action of abate; wrongful occupation of land or property, usurpation; an instance of this. Freq. in abatement of freehold....
3. † abave, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. (in pass.). To be surprised, disconcerted, discomfited, upset. Also occas. intr....
4. accounter, n. View full entry a1400
...A person who accounts, reckons, or calculates. Also: one who presents an account (of money, responsibilities, etc.). Cf. accountant, counter1a....
5. † adawe, adv. View full entry a1400
...Out of existence. Only in to do (also bring) (a person) adawe: to put (a person) to death; to do away with, kill....
6. adjourn, v. View full entry ?a1400
...trans....
7. advance, n. and adj. View full entry a1400
...The action of extolling or lauding something; ostentation, boasting. Cf. advancement2. Obs....
8. † advisee, adj. View full entry ?a1400
...Well advised; discreet, prudent; shrewd, canny....
9. aforethought, n. View full entry a1400
...Forethought, premeditation. Also: a thought or intention beforehand....
10. † aglift, adj. View full entry a1400
...Frightened, terrified, startled....
11. † agraunte, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. To acknowledge, guarantee, promise (something)....
12. † agrief, adv. View full entry ?a1400
...As a grievance; angrily; with resentment. Chiefly in to take agrief: to take amiss; to resent. Cf. agree...
13. almoign, n. View full entry ?a1400
...= frankalmoign Sometimes in the fuller form free almoign (formerly also, in Scots and northern English, in the plural form free almons). Cf. free alms...
14. † altercand, adj. View full entry ?a1400
...Quarrelling, disputing....
15. ambushed, adj. View full entry 1330
...Placed or lying in ambush....
16. ambushment, n. View full entry 1330
...A disposition or arrangement of troops in a wood or other place of concealment so as to fall on an enemy by surprise; the trap so constructed; ambush, ambuscade....
17. † amit(e, n. View full entry 1330
...gen. A cloth for wrapping round, a handkerchief, scarf, etc....
18. amorous, adj. and n. View full entry 1303
...Of persons: Inclined to love; habitually fond of the opposite sex. Also fig. of things: Loving, fond....
19. † aˈmountment, n. View full entry 1330
...Amount, sum total....
20. ancestry, n. View full entry 1330
...The relation or condition of ancestors; progenitorship; ancestral lineage or descent. Hence, distinguished or ancient descent....
