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1. a, adj. View full entry c1275
...Preceding a quantifier or (now Eng. regional) a numeral, removing its definiteness or expressing an approximate estimate: some, a matter of, about. Now chiefly in a few, ...
2. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...Expressing position within, situation, etc.: in, with; = on7a13. Now Eng. regional....
3. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...Expressing motion to a position of contact with, or continued motion: in to, on to, on, upon; = on18. Also: indicating the object of mental activity; = on...
4. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...In expressions of time: in, on, by; = on8. Now chiefly with days of the week. Now Eng. regional, Sc., and Irish English....
5. a, prep.1 View full entry a1200
...Expressing position with reference to a place or thing: on, at, chiefly in a right (also left) half, a this (also that) side; = on...
6. a, prep.1 View full entry a1225
...Expressing partition: in, into. = on21b. Obs. (in later use Eng. regional)....
7. a, prep.1 View full entry a1225
...Expressing manner: in, with, etc. = on11. Now Eng. regional....
8. a, prep.1 View full entry c1275
...After be (or occasionally another verb expressing state) and before a verbal noun: engaged in (some activity). Also with of and object. Cf. be17a, ...
9. a, prep.1 View full entry c1300
...After a verb denoting or implying motion and before a verbal noun: to, into (some action). Cf. in11c, on23....
10. a, prep.1 View full entry 1587
...Before the gerund of a transitive verb and its object....
11. a, prep.1 View full entry 1675
...Before a gerund used as subject or object complement generally, equivalent to (and generally considered to be) a present participle....
12. a, prep.1 View full entry c1400
...Expressing process, with a verbal noun taken passively: in process of, in course of; undergoing (some process). Cf. be17b, in11d, on12b. Now ...
13. † a, conj. View full entry ?a1325
...= andI....
14. † a, conj. View full entry 1425
...= andII....
15. a-, prefix2 View full entry c1275
...Attached to the past participle and occasionally to other parts of the verb; = y-4. Now Eng. regional (south-west.) and U.S. regional (...
16. 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...
17. aback, adv. View full entry 1768
...Chiefly regional (orig. Sc.). In the past; ago; = back11....
18. aback, adv. View full entry 1743
...aback of: at the back of, behind (cf. back ofback15) (in later use chiefly Sc., Eng. regional, U.S. regional, andon the back of...
19. abaht, adv. and prep. View full entry 1839
...About....
20. a-be, v. View full entry 1718
...Sc., Eng. regional, and Irish English (north.). As infinitive, in phrase to let (also leave, etc.) a-be: to leave off, desist...
