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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. Aaronic, adj. View full entry 1652
...Of or relating to Aaron or the order of priesthood which he is taken to represent; Levitical. Also: characteristic of or relating to a high priest....
3. abactor, n. View full entry 1659
...A person who steals livestock, esp. herds of cattle, usually by driving the animals away. Also in extended use....
4. abaptiston, n. View full entry 1688
...Any of various types of trepan designed to prevent sudden penetration into the brain; (also) the crown of a trepan (see crown15)....
5. abas, n. View full entry 1677
...A measure of weight for pearls, formerly used in Persia (now Iran) and typically equal to seven-eighths of a carat....
6. † abastardized, adj. View full entry 1653
...Degenerate, corrupt; bastardized. Cf. abastardize...
7. † abater, n.2 View full entry 1653
...An abating, an abatement....
8. abating, adj. View full entry 1662
...That abates (in various senses of abate); esp. that decreases or subsides....
9. Abaza, n. and adj. View full entry 1693
...A member of a north-west Caucasian people, inhabiting mainly the Karachay-Cherkess Republic in Russia....
10. Abbasid, n. and adj. View full entry 1664
...A member of a dynasty of caliphs who ruled in Baghdad from 750 to 1258, founded by the descendants of al-῾Abbās b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib b. Hāšim (see the...
11. abbatical, adj. View full entry 1655
...= abbatial...
12. † abbreviarist, n. View full entry 1679
...A person who makes an abridgement or compendium; = abbreviator1. Cf. breviarist...
13. abbrochment, n. View full entry 1670
...= forestalling2. Also: an instance of this....
14. abdest, n. View full entry 1667
...The ritual washing of parts of the body before prayer or handling the Qur'an; = woodoo Also: the water used in this washing....
15. abdicant, adj. and n. View full entry 1654
...That is abdicating or has abdicated a position or office. Also fig....
16. abdicated, adj. View full entry a1675
...That has formally renounced an office or position; cf. abdicate3a. Also: that has been deposed from an office or position; cf. abdicate4. Used esp. of a...
17. abdicating, n. View full entry 1668
...The action of abdicate (in various senses); abdication. Also: an instance of this....
18. abditory, n. View full entry 1658
...A safe repository for valuables; a hiding place (lit. and fig.)....
19. abdominal, adj. and n. View full entry 1650
...Anat. and Zool. Of or relating to the abdomen (abdomen1); located on or in the abdomen....
20. Abenaki, n. and adj. View full entry 1698
...A member of an Algonquian people living chiefly in Maine and Quebec....
