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1. † ABC, v. View full entry 1611
...intr. To say the alphabet, or letters of the alphabet....
2. abecedarian, n. and adj. View full entry 1603
...A person who is learning the alphabet or who is engaged in elementary education; spec. (U.S.) a member of the youngest group of children in a school (now...
3. abortiveness, n. View full entry 1611
...The quality of being abortive; unproductiveness, fruitlessness; failure. Also: an instance of this....
4. abstractness, n. View full entry 1598
...The quality of being abstract, esp. the quality of existing or being presented in abstract form, rather than with reference to concrete details or particular instances (freq. opposed to ...
5. accessively, adv. View full entry 1611
...By one's own seeking or approaches. Cf. accessive1. Obs....
6. accosting, n. View full entry 1603
...The action or an act of accost Also in extended use....
7. † accrease, n. View full entry 1598
...Growing by addition; increase....
8. acknowledging, adj. View full entry 1603
...That acknowledges (in various senses); (formerly) spec. †that expresses esteem, regard, or gratitude, grateful (obs.); (now usually) that owns, recognizes, or notices something or someone....
9. † adolorate, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To cause grief or vexation to....
10. affectable, adj. View full entry 1611
...= affectible...
11. afforder, n. View full entry 1598
...A person who or thing which provides or supplies something. Chiefly with of....
12. affording, adj. View full entry 1603
...As the second element in compounds: that provides or supplies what is denoted by the first element....
13. affronter, n. View full entry 1598
...A person who deceives or deludes another; a pretender. Obs....
14. aggravator, n.2 View full entry 1598
...A person who or thing which aggravates (in any sense)....
15. † agrade, v. View full entry 1611
...trans. To appreciate, esteem (a person or thing). Also: to please (a person)....
16. † ahoit, adv. View full entry 1598
...In a state of reckless jollity; wantonly, without restraint. Chiefly in all ahoit....
17. ailing, adj. View full entry 1598
...That ails, in various senses; esp. affected by or suffering from illness or poor health; poorly; sickly. Often with implication that the illness, indisposition, etc., is persistent, failing to improve,...
18. † alchimistie, n. View full entry 1578
...= alchemistry1....
19. all-hail, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To salute with a cry of ‘all-hail’; to greet, welcome....
20. altiloquence, n. View full entry 1603
...The quality of being loud, elevated, pompous, or high-flown in manner or expression. Also: speech, language, writing, etc., characterized by this....
