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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abaser, n. View full entry 1587
...A person who, or thing which, abases....
3. abbozzo, n. View full entry 1846
...An outline or draft of a speech or piece of writing. Obs.rare....
4. abbreviator, n. View full entry 1529
...A person who shortens or abridges something, esp. a text; a summarizer; a compiler. Also: a person given to the use of abbreviations....
5. † aboutspeech, n. View full entry a1522
...A roundabout phrase, a circumlocution....
6. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
7. abridge, n. View full entry 1611
...Abridgement, shortening. Obs....
8. 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...
9. abridgedly, adv. View full entry 1704
...In an abridged form; concisely, in brief....
10. 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....
11. abrupt, adj. and n. View full entry 1565
...Broken off, truncated, cut short; terminating in a break. Obs....
12. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
13. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a word: denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Freq. in abstract noun. Opposed to concrete....
14. 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....
15. abstracter, n. View full entry 1678
...A person who makes an abstract of a text or document. In early use also: a person who extracts or copies text from another work (cf. abstract3a). Cf. ...
16. abstractive, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of, relating to, or expressing abstract ideas or concepts; engaged in, or able to engage in, the process of considering something theoretically or in the abstract. Cf. abstract1b....
17. abstractly, adv. View full entry a1398
...Without reference to concrete examples or particular instances; in the abstract....
18. abstrusely, adv. View full entry 1611
...Secretly; in a concealed manner. Obs.rare....
19. absurd, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a thing: against or without reason or propriety; incongruous, unreasonable, illogical....
20. absurdist, n. and adj. View full entry 1894
...A person who behaves in an illogical or absurd manner. rare....
