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1. abridge, v. View full entry c1384
...trans. To cut short or reduce (a period of time, as the duration of something); to shorten the duration of; to end (something) earlier than expected or planned. Cf. abbreviate...
2. abridged, adj. View full entry a1382
...Shortened, cut short; limited, curtailed....
3. actor, n. View full entry c1384
...A guardian, a steward; a person who acts on behalf of another. Obs....
4. agony, n. View full entry c1384
...Christian Church. In sing. and pl. The mental struggle or anguish of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26: 36–46)....
5. alien, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Belonging to another person, place, or family; not of one's own; from elsewhere, foreign....
6. allegory, n. View full entry c1384
...The use of symbols in a story, picture, etc., to convey a hidden or ulterior meaning, typically a moral or political one; symbolic representation. Also: the interpretation of this....
7. ambitious, adj. View full entry c1384
...Full of ambition, thirsting after honour or advancement; aspiring to high position....
8. ascend, v. View full entry 1382
...intr. (occas. emphasized by a redundant up) To go or come up, originally by a gradual motion, to a relatively higher position....
9. ascribe, v. View full entry 1382
...trans. To annex or add in writing, to subscribe:...
10. ˈbaldness, n. View full entry a1382
...Absence or loss of hair, esp. from the head....
11. † ballard, n. View full entry a1382
...A bald-headed person....
12. believable, adj. View full entry a1382
...Able to be believed; credible....
13. ˈbinding, adj. View full entry 1382
...That binds together or up; causing or tending to cohere; astringent, styptic....
14. birthday, n. View full entry 1382
...The day on which any one is born; also fig. that of regeneration; transf. (of things), the day or date of origin or beginning....
15. branch, v. View full entry a1382
...To bear or put forth branches; sometimes with forth, out. Also fig....
16. burnt | burned, adj. View full entry a1382
...Set on fire, consumed with fire....
17. caption, n. View full entry 1382
...Taking, catching, seizure, capture. Now rare....
18. chanting, n. View full entry a1382
...The action of the verb chant; singing, musical recitation, etc. (In early usage, also: Incantation, enchantment.)...
19. chimera | chimaera, n. View full entry 1382
...A fabled fire-breathing monster of Greek mythology, with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail (or according to others with the heads of a lion, a goat, and a...
20. chisel, n.1 View full entry a1382
...A cutting tool of iron or steel with the cutting face transverse to the axis, and more or less abruptly bevelled on one or both sides; used for cutting wood, metal, or...
