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1. abaser, n. View full entry 1587
...A person who, or thing which, abases....
2. abbozzo, n. View full entry 1846
...An outline or draft of a speech or piece of writing. Obs.rare....
3. abbreviate, n. View full entry 1531
...Chiefly Sc. A condensed account of something; an abridgement; a summary; an abstract. Now Sc. Law: a brief notice registering a decree of adjudication (adjudication3a)...
4. 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....
5. 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....
6. ABC, n.1 View full entry c1325
...The alphabet. Freq. with reference to the teaching or learning of this, now esp. in to know one's ABC. Also in pl. in same sense....
7. abode, n.1 View full entry c1225
...The action of waiting or delaying; a delay. Esp. in without abode: without delay, immediately. Obs....
8. † aboutspeech, n. View full entry a1522
...A roundabout phrase, a circumlocution....
9. 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....
10. abrasive, adj. and n. View full entry 1601
...Having the property of abrading; of the nature of or characterized by abrasion; capable of or used for scraping, rubbing, grinding, etc....
11. abridge, n. View full entry 1611
...Abridgement, shortening. Obs....
12. 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...
13. abridged, adj. View full entry a1382
...Shortened, cut short; limited, curtailed....
14. abridgedly, adv. View full entry 1704
...In an abridged form; concisely, in brief....
15. 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....
16. abridger, n. View full entry 1555
...A person who makes an abridgement; a summarizer, a compiler. Also: a person who or thing which curtails or reduces something....
17. abrupt, adj. and n. View full entry 1565
...Broken off, truncated, cut short; terminating in a break. Obs....
18. abruptness, n. View full entry 1585
...Disjointedness, esp. of literary style; lack of fluency; (more generally) the presence of breaks or discontinuities; unevenness, ruggedness, roughness. Cf. abrupt2. Obs....
19. 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....
20. 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....
