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1. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
2. absence, n. View full entry c1384
...The state of being absent or away from a place, or from the company of a person or persons. Also occas.: an instance of this. Freq. with possessive adjectives. Contrasted with ...
3. absent, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Not present in a place or at an occasion; away. Freq. in predicative use....
4. † accloy, v. View full entry c1330
...trans....
5. † acoup, v.2 View full entry c1380
...intr. With on. To strike with a weapon....
6. acquittance, n. View full entry 1394
...A document showing that a debt has been paid; a receipt in full, barring further demand for payment; a written or printed release. Now hist....
7. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
8. active, adj. and n. View full entry 1340
...Of a way or style of life: characterized by outward action rather than inward contemplation or speculation; practical. Esp. in active life, and chiefly in religious contexts. Opposed to ...
9. acton, n. View full entry 1328
...A padded jacket or jerkin worn under armour for protection; (also) such a garment worn on its own. Also fig. Cf. haqueton...
10. address, v. View full entry a1325
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To direct (a written communication) to a specific person or destination; spec. (in early use) to write and send (a writ, a petition,...
11. advance, n. and adj. View full entry a1400
...The action of extolling or lauding something; ostentation, boasting. Cf. advancement2. Obs....
12. affair, n. View full entry c1390
...An activity performed by a person, often on a habitual basis; something to be done; a piece or item of business; an occupation, a pursuit; a task, a duty. In later use...
13. † affeeble, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. To weaken, enfeeble....
14. affray, n. View full entry c1380
...The state of being frightened or alarmed; fear, terror. Freq. in in affray. Obs....
15. affray, v. View full entry c1330
...trans. To frighten, terrify. Cf. afraid1....
16. affront, v. View full entry c1330
...trans. To insult (a person) openly or deliberately; to treat in an intentionally disrespectful or offensive manner....
17. agger, n. View full entry a1398
...A heap of stones and earth, an earthwork, mound, or embankment; (Archaeol.) the raised rampart of a Roman camp; the raised part of a Roman road or causeway, with ditches...
18. aglet, n. View full entry 1365
...A tag attached to the end of a lace, originally of metal and now also of plastic, intended primarily to make it easier to thread through the eyelet holes, but also developed...
19. aim, v. View full entry a1375
...To estimate, calculate, reckon (a number or value); to count. Also in pass. with complement: to amount to (a given number). Obs....
20. † aken, v.3 View full entry c1300
...trans. To catch sight of, to see....
