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1. a-, prefix3 View full entry 1673
...(No longer productive.) Forming verbs, adverbs, and prepositions, originally with the senses ‘on’, ‘on to’....
2. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
3. abackward, adv. View full entry c1275
...= backward...
4. abashless, adj. View full entry 1868
...Unabashed, shameless. Also fig....
5. abditory, n. View full entry 1658
...A safe repository for valuables; a hiding place (lit. and fig.)....
6. abeat, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1857
...Esp. with reference to the heart: so as to beat, in a state of beating (typically quickly, because of excitement or strong emotion); freq. in to set abeat. Also as...
7. aberration, n. View full entry 1588
...A deviation or departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one. Also as a mass noun: deviation, abnormality, departure from the norm....
8. ablaze, adj. and adv. View full entry a1676
...That is on fire; in flames, burning vigorously. Freq. in all ablaze....
9. ablepsy, n. View full entry 1616
...Physical or mental blindness....
10. ablow, adj.1 View full entry 1838
...In predicative use only: blooming, full of flowers. Also in figurative context. Cf. abloom...
11. ablow, adj.2 View full entry 1905
...Of the wind: blowing. In predicative use only....
12. † ablow, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To blow or breathe on or upon....
13. ablush, adj. View full entry 1852
...In predicative use only: blushing, flushed, rosy....
14. abode, n.1 View full entry c1225
...The action of waiting or delaying; a delay. Esp. in without abode: without delay, immediately. Obs....
15. abominate, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Held in abomination, detested; beastly, inhuman. Obs....
16. aboriginary, adj. and n. View full entry 1653
...Original; first or earliest as recorded by history. Cf. aboriginal1a. Obs.rare....
17. † abounder, n. View full entry 1755
...A person who abounds in something, esp. wealth; a rich person....
18. Abraham, n. View full entry c1300
...heaven; the place of rest for the souls of the righteous dead. Chiefly in Abraham's bosom....
19. abrasively, adv. View full entry 1881
...In an abrasive manner (lit. and fig.)....
20. abrasiveness, n. View full entry 1844
...The quality of being abrasive (lit. and fig.)....
