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1. abbreviate, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance; to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting the less important passages; to condense, summarize, abridge....
2. abridgement, n. View full entry 1439
...The action of reducing something in magnitude, extent, or duration; shortening, cutting short; curtailment, limitation; an instance of this. Cf. abbreviation3....
3. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
4. abstract, v. View full entry 1449
...trans. Chiefly Sc. in early use. To take away, extract, or remove (something); to move (a person or thing) away, withdraw. Freq. with from....
5. abstraction, n. View full entry c1450
...The action of withdrawing or secluding oneself from worldly or sensual things, or of turning one's mind away from the world towards the contemplation of the spiritual; a state of solitude or...
6. absurdity, n. View full entry c1429
...Music. Lack of harmony, dissonance; an instance of this. Obs....
7. abuse, n. View full entry 1439-40
...Improper usage; a corrupt practice or custom; esp. one that has become chronic....
8. accompany, v. View full entry 1426
...trans....
9. act, v. View full entry c1460
...trans. In early use esp. in conventional formulas....
10. added, adj. View full entry ?a1425
...That is or has been added or added to; additional, increased, extra. Cf. superaddedsuperadd....
11. addition, n. View full entry c1400
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an appendix, an augmentation; (also) a person who becomes part of a family or other group of people....
12. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
13. adoration, n. View full entry c1443
...The action or an act of displaying profound reverence or respect; worship of God or a god, an idol, etc.; veneration of the host or a sacred object....
14. advancer, n. View full entry 1486
...A forward-pointing branch of a deer's antlers; spec. each of those on the front edge of the palm in an adult male fallow deer (Dama dama). Obs....
15. adversative, adj. and n. View full entry c1450
...Grammar. Of a word or phrase: expressing opposition or antithesis....
16. affective, adj. View full entry c1443
...Of or relating to the affections or emotions, esp. as contrasted with the intellect or rational faculty; emotional....
17. agate, n. View full entry ?1483
...= jet1a. Obs.rare....
18. age, v. View full entry 1440
...intr. Of a person, animal, or thing: to grow old; to become or appear aged....
19. † aggregatory, n. View full entry a1500
...A book which contains collected particulars; a compilation....
20. alamire, n. View full entry a1450
...In the system attributed to Guido d'Arezzo (see gamut2a): the note A in any hexachord except the lowest, corresponding to a or a′ in Helmholtz's...
