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1. Abelungu, n. View full entry 1836
...With sing. or pl. concord. White people collectively. Cf. mlungu, umlungu2....
2. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
3. admire, v. View full entry c1429
...intr. To feel or express wonder, astonishment, or surprise; to marvel....
4. a-go-go, adj. View full entry 1960
...Fashionable, modish, up to date, ‘with it’; lively, ‘swinging’. Also used postpositively. Cf. go-go...
5. à la bonne heure, int. View full entry 1750
...‘Fine’, ‘great’; ‘all well and good’; ‘so be it’. Freq. ironically....
6. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
7. allegedly, adv. View full entry 1823
...According to an allegation; reportedly. Also occas. in ironic use....
8. alleluia, int. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...‘Praise the Lord’: used as an expression of worship. Now also in weakened or ironic use. Freq. in psalms, prayers, and other devotional compositions....
9. alms, n. View full entry eOE
...Charitable relief given to the poor or needy, usu. (now only) in the form of material gifts, typically of money or food; (in later use esp.) the goods given in...
10. altesse, n. View full entry 1559
...Chiefly in French or continental European contexts: a person of high rank, a nobleman or noblewoman. Freq. as a title, usually with possessive and capital initial: ‘Highness’. Sometimes ironic or...
11. anoint, v. View full entry 1330
...To smear or rub over (medicinally or cosmetically) with oil or unguent; to oil, grease, apply ointment to....
12. answer, n. View full entry c950
...A reply made to a charge, whereby the accused seeks to clear himself; a defence. spec. in Law, The counter-statement made in reply to a complainant's bill of...
13. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
14. † aˈright, v. View full entry c1420
...To make right, to put to rights; to arrange or treat properly. Occas. ironically....
15. array, v. View full entry 1297
...To set or place in order of readiness, to marshall. esp. To draw up prepared for battle, and in obs. phr. to array a battle....
16. artistic, adj. View full entry 1753
...Of, relating to, befitting, or characteristic of an artist (esp. in branch III.)....
17. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
18. bank, n.3 View full entry 1474
...The table or counter of a money-changer or dealer in money. Obs. exc. Hist....
19. banquet, n.1 View full entry 1483
...A feast, a sumptuous entertainment of food and drink; now usually a ceremonial or state feast, followed by speeches....
20. bear, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A heavily-built, thick-furred plantigrade quadruped, of the genus Ursus; belonging to the Carnivora, but having teeth partly adapted to a vegetable diet. ...
