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1. abashed, adj. View full entry a1387
...Feeling or caused to feel discomfited or disconcerted, esp. as a result of a sudden sense of shame or embarrassment. Cf. abash...
2. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a word: denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Freq. in abstract noun. Opposed to concrete....
3. abstractive, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of, relating to, or expressing abstract ideas or concepts; engaged in, or able to engage in, the process of considering something theoretically or in the abstract. Cf. abstract1b....
4. acephal, n. and adj. View full entry a1387
...Church Hist. = Acephalian Also: †a priest who is not subject to the authority of a bishop (cf. acephali1) (obs.rare). Usu. with capital...
5. acute, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Med....
6. adjective, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Grammar. That is an adjective (sense B. 1a)....
7. aery, adj. View full entry a1398
...Of or belonging to the air; aerial; (hence) ethereal, spiritual, incorporeal, insubstantial. Also: open to the air. Cf. airy...
8. aforehand, adv. and adj. View full entry a1387
...Formerly, in the past, previously; = beforehand2....
9. † airly, adj. View full entry a1398
...Of air; of the nature of air; aerial....
10. airy, adj. View full entry a1398
...Of or belonging to the air, esp. as distinguished from the earth, water, etc.; living or located in the air....
11. Alban, n.1 and adj. View full entry a1387
...Ancient Hist. An inhabitant or citizen of Alba Longa, a city of ancient Latium....
12. Alexandrine, n.1 and adj.1 View full entry a1387
...= Alexandrian (in various senses)....
13. alterative, n. and adj. View full entry a1398
...Med. An alterative medicine or remedy. Now hist....
14. amber, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1398
...orig. = ambergris (In 17th c. greece of amber, gris ambre, gray amber.) Obs....
15. animate, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Endowed with life, living, alive; (esp. in later use) alive and having the power of movement, like an animal....
16. † aˈnnect, adj. View full entry 1432-50
...Attached or close to....
17. Apocrypha, adj. and n. View full entry 1387
...Of unknown authorship; not authentic, spurious; uncanonical (see B.); false. Obs....
18. apprehensive, adj. View full entry a1398
...In the habit of seizing, ready to seize or embrace (an offer or opportunity). Obs....
19. apt, adj. View full entry 1398
...Fitted (materially), fitting. rare....
20. armourless | armorless, adj. View full entry a1398
...Without armour, defenceless....
