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1. a, prep.2 View full entry c1275
...Representing a genitive dependent on a verb or adjective; = ofXI....
2. a, int.1 View full entry ?c1200
...Expressing invocation, surprise, or admiration; (also) used to gain attention. Obs....
3. a-, prefix2 View full entry c1275
...(No longer productive.) Expressing completeness; = y-23....
4. abackward, adv. View full entry c1275
...= backward...
5. † abandon, adv. View full entry a1250
...Under control or authority; at one's disposal....
6. † abbatie, n. View full entry a1300
...The benefice, jurisdiction, or office of an abbot or abbess. Also: an abbey. Cf. abbacy1....
7. abele, n. View full entry ?a1300
...The white poplar tree, Populus alba. Formerly also: †the grey poplar, Populus × canescens (obs.). Also abele tree....
8. abode, n.1 View full entry c1225
...The action of waiting or delaying; a delay. Esp. in without abode: without delay, immediately. Obs....
9. abrood, adv. View full entry c1275
...Of a hen or other bird: on its brood or eggs; hatching eggs; breeding young. Also fig.: hatching or brooding upon mischief, evil, etc....
10. abstinence, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The practice or discipline of resisting self-indulgence; self-restraint....
11. abut, v. View full entry a1250
...intr. To stick out, to project. Cf. butt4a....
12. † acang, v. View full entry c1225
...intr. Perh.: to act foolishly, to lose self-control....
13. acast, v. View full entry c1225
...trans. To cast down, throw down, cast away or off; to overcome. Now only as past participle: downcast, dejected....
14. accidie, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Physical or mental slothfulness, esp. as a condition leading to listlessness and lack of interest in life; apathy, lethargy, torpor; (also) †an instance of this (obs.)....
15. accord, n. View full entry c1275
...Opposed to discord....
16. accumber, v. View full entry c1275
...trans. To encumber, overwhelm, oppress....
17. accursed, adj. and n. View full entry c1225
...That has been cursed; lying under a curse; doomed to perdition or misery....
18. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
19. achate, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...= agate2. Now rare....
20. ache, n.2 View full entry a1300
...Any of several plants of the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae); esp. celery, Apium graveolens and any of various kinds of parsley (genus Petroselinum)....