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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. 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...
3. 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....
4. accompany, v. View full entry 1426
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5. accord, v. View full entry lOE
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6. act, v. View full entry c1460
...trans. In early use esp. in conventional formulas....
7. actualize, v. View full entry 1809
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8. adapt, v. View full entry 1531
...trans. With to (also †unto), for. To make (a person or thing) suitable or fit for a purpose, or conformable to specified conditions, standards, or...
9. † adite, v. View full entry c1330
...trans. To put down in written words; = indite4....
10. ad-lib, v. View full entry 1910
...intr. To speak or perform extempore or without prior rehearsal; to improvise actions, words, music, etc., esp. in the course of a stage or broadcast performance. Also more generally: to improvise;...
11. adumbrate, v. View full entry 1537
...trans. orig. Theol. To represent beforehand by a figure or type; to be an early indication or version of; to foreshadow. Also: to symbolize....
12. aerate, v. View full entry 1784
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13. age, v. View full entry 1440
...intr. Of a person, animal, or thing: to grow old; to become or appear aged....
14. aggroup, v. View full entry 1695
...trans. To form or arrange in a group or groups; to group (see group2). Also intr. (for refl.)....
15. air, v. View full entry 1530
...trans. To expose to the open air, to ventilate; occas. with out. Also intr.: to be exposed to the open air, to be ventilated....
16. airbrush, v. View full entry 1912
...trans. To apply colour, paint, etc., to by means of an airbrush; (Photogr.) to retouch (a picture) or (with out) remove (something) from a picture by means...
17. air guitar, v. View full entry 1983
...intr. To mime the action of playing a guitar, esp. to a recording or performance of rock music. Cf. air guitar...
18. allegorize, v. View full entry c1456
...trans. To explain or interpret (a story, picture, etc.) as an allegory; spec. to interpret (scripture) allegorically rather than literally. Later also: to turn into an allegory; to represent...
19. † allegory, v. View full entry 1574
...intr. and trans. = allegorize...
20. allemande, v. View full entry ?1770
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