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1. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
2. † adub, v. View full entry ?1473
...trans. To invest with the insignia of knighthood, or the title of a knight; to dub; (in extended use) to invest with some other title. Freq. with noun complement. arch....
3. ahorseback, adv. View full entry ?1473
...On horseback....
4. amuse, v. View full entry 1480
...intr. To muse intently, gaze in astonishment. Obs....
5. approach, n. View full entry 1489
...The act of coming nearer (relatively), or of drawing near (absolutely), in space....
6. aquatic, adj. and n. View full entry 1490
...Of or pertaining to water as a substance; watery, rainy. Obs....
7. arbitrage, n. View full entry 1480
...Exercise of the functions of an arbitrator; decision by arbitration; the process of arbitration. arch....
8. armory, n. View full entry 1489
...The science of blazoning arms, heraldry....
9. assault, v. View full entry 1489
...To make a violent hostile attack by physical means upon (a person, army, etc.); to commit an unlawful or criminal assault upon the person of (see assault3). to...
10. assentment, n. View full entry 1490
...An act of assenting; agreement, consent (obs.); assent....
11. ˈazured, adj. View full entry 1490
...arch. orObs. Coloured azure; = azure (in various senses):...
12. blank, v. View full entry 1484
...trans. To make white, whiten; to make pale....
13. bruit, n. View full entry 1477
...Noise, din, clamour, sound. arch....
14. chargeable, adj. View full entry 1480
...Burdensome, troublesome. Obs....
15. † ˈconstitute, adj. and n. View full entry 1483
...Constituted, appointed, established, etc.; see the verb....
16. conˈtrist, v. View full entry 1490
...trans. To make sad or sorrowful; to sadden, grieve....
17. damoiseau, n. View full entry 1477
...A young man of gentle birth, not yet made a knight. (Occurring in 15th c. translations from French, and in modern archaists.)...
18. † deˈcore, v. View full entry 1490
...To decorate, adorn, embellish....
19. desperate, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1483
...Of a person: Having lost or abandoned hope; in despair, despairing, hopeless. (Const. of.) Obs. or arch....
20. despite, v. View full entry 1481
...trans. To express or show contempt for, treat with contempt, set at nought; to do despite to....
