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1. abatable, adj. View full entry c1430
...That may be abated; liable to be abated (in various senses of abate)....
2. abated, adj. View full entry ?c1400
...Reduced, diminished, lessened (esp. in quality or amount)....
3. abbatial, adj. View full entry 1445
...Of, relating to, or deriving from an abbacy; of or belonging to an abbey, abbot, or abbess....
4. abbreviate, adj. View full entry c1425
...= abbreviated (in either sense). Also as pa. pple....
5. abbreviated, adj. View full entry c1487
...That has been abbreviated (in various senses); shortened, contracted; cut short. Also: reduced in size; small....
6. † abhominal, adj. View full entry 1477
...Abominable, detestable; inhuman....
7. abiding, adj. View full entry c1400
...That endures or stands firm; steadfast, unyielding. Obs.rare....
8. abject, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1425
...Cast off, rejected; cast out, expelled. Cf. abject1. Obs.rare....
9. 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...
10. † abloy, adj. View full entry c1400
...Overjoyed; carried away with joy....
11. abound, adj. View full entry c1425
...Overflowing; plentiful; abundant....
12. aboundable, adj. View full entry ?1440
...Ample, sufficient; abounding, plentiful....
13. above-written, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1413
...Written previously in the present text. Also as ...
14. abrogate, adj. View full entry a1464
...That has been abrogated; annulled, cancelled, repealed, abolished. Freq. as past participle....
15. † absinthiate, adj. View full entry ?1440
...Flavoured with wormwood....
16. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
17. † absorpt, adj. View full entry c1450
...Swallowed up, engulfed. Cf. absorbed1....
18. abstaining, adj. View full entry 1440
...Practising abstinence; refraining; esp. abstaining from some activity, as voting, drinking alcohol, etc....
19. abstersive, n. and adj. View full entry ?a1425
...A medicine or other agent that cleans or purges. Also fig....
20. abused, adj. View full entry a1500
...Misguided, mistaken; deceived. Obs....
