| abbreviate | trans. To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance; to edit… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| abecedary | = ABC n. 4. Now chiefly hist. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| abrase | trans. = abrade v. 1 2. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| absolve | trans. To set free or discharge from (also of) an oath, obligation, liability, etc. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| accurrent | That runs or flows towards a particular place. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| adempt | Taken away, removed. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| adject | Adjacent; adjoining. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| adject | trans. To join on, to annex (a territory). Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| adolescency | = adolescence n. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| Adriatic | (the name of) the sea between the Italian peninsula and the Balkans. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| adulator | A person who offers adulation; (originally) one who flatters obsequiously or… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| afflate | trans. To inflate or fill (chiefly fig.); to blow or breathe on; (also) to inspire by divine or spiritual means. Also intr. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| agible | Proper or possible to be done; practicable, practical. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| alienate | trans. Chiefly Law. To transfer or surrender ownership of (property rights); to make over to another owner. Also intr. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| alleviate | trans. To make (pain, suffering, etc.) less severe; to relieve; to ease, reduce. Also occas. intr. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| alphabet | A set of letters arranged in a conventional order used in a particular writing system; esp.… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| Alpine | Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Alps (see Alp n. 1a), the surrounding regions… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| amenity | of places, their situation, aspect, climate, etc. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| animadvert | trans. To turn the mind or attention to, pay attention or attend to; to observe, notice. Also with that -clause. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| animosity | Spiritedness, liveliness; high spirit; courage, bravery. Now Eng. regional (Lincs. and Yorks.). | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| annumerate | Reckoned or counted in. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| apocrisiary | A person appointed to give and receive answers; spec. a papal nuncio, or secretary. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| audacity | Boldness, daring, intrepidity; confidence. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| bellicose | Inclined to war or fighting; warlike. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| benediction | gen. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| blissom | trans. Of a ram: To couple with a ewe; to tup. In pass. said of the ewe. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| bloodshedder | A person who sheds blood or kills someone; a murderer. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| budget | A pouch, bag, wallet, usually of leather. Obs. exc. dial. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| calendary | = calendar n. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| capax | Of capacity; able and ready to take or receive; capable. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| carucate | A measure of land, varying with the nature of the soil, etc., being as much as could… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| catamountain | A name applied originally to the leopard or panther; by Goldsmith to the Ocelot (Felis pardalis… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| certitude | Subjective certainty; the state of being certain or sure of anything; assured conviction… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| cicada | A homopterous insect with large transparent wings, living on trees or shrubs; the male… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| cinct | Girt, encircled, surrounded. (Construed as a participle; cf. compact adj. I.) | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| circumspectly | In a circumspect manner, with circumspection; cautiously, warily, carefully. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| clarigation | The solemn demand for redress, prior to declaration of war, by the ancient Roman herald. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| coarctate | Pressed close together, compressed, contracted, confined. In Bot. applied to a compact or dense panicle. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| collaterally | Side by side; by the side; at or toward the side, sideways. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| collision | The action of colliding or forcibly striking or dashing together; violent encounter of… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| comment | trans. To devise, contrive, invent (especially something false or bad). Obs. (The quots.… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| commentator | A writer of historical ‘commentaries’, a chronicler. Obs. rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| comparate | trans. To compare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| compaternity | The relationship which exists between godfathers (or godparents) mutually, or between them and the actual parents of a child. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| compulse | trans. To compel, force, oblige. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| concorporate | United into one body or mass. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| conflict | intr. To fight, contend, do battle. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| congregate | as pa. pple. Obs. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| congruent | Accordant, suitable, proper; = congruous adj. 1. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| construct | pa. pple. Constructed. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| contemporany | = contemporary adj. n. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| context | The weaving together of words and sentences; construction of speech, literary composition. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| contiguate | Contiguous to; in immediate contact with. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| contradictorious | Opposite; = contrary adj. 5. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| contrive | trans. To wear down, wear away, consume, spend; to pass, employ (time). | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| copulate | Connected, coupled; conjoined, united. (In first quot. const. as pa. pple.) | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| cosmography | A description or representation of the universe or of the earth in its general features. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| credulity | Belief, faith, credence; the quality of being a believer; readiness to believe. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| cross-bow | A mediæval weapon consisting of a bow fixed across a wooden stock, having a groove or… | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| crypt | A cave, cavern, or grotto. Now rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| daw | A small bird of the crow kind (Corvus monedula); now commonly called jackdaw n. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| decan | = dean n. Obs. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| declaimer | One who declaims; one who speaks with rhetorical expression, or as an exercise in… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| decurrent | Running or flowing down. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| defix | trans. To fasten down; to fix firmly, definitely, or earnestly (lit. and fig.). | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| designate | As past participle. Manifested, indicated. Obs. rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| detent | deatined (see detain v. 1b); kept back; ‘holden’ (with infirmity, etc.). | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| detestation | Public or formal execration (of a thing); formal testifying against anything. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| devict | Subdued, overcome. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| disporter | One who makes sport or jests; a jester, juggler. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| diuturnity | Long duration or continuance; lastingness. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| dovess | A female dove. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| duplicate | Double, twofold, consisting of two corresponding parts; that is made or exists in two corresponding examples. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| edifying | The action or process of building; also concr. a building. Obs. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| educe | trans. To direct the flow or course of; to lead or conduct in a particular… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| efficacity | = efficaciousness n. and efficacy n. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| eject | Used as pa. pple. of eject v. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| embull | trans. To insert or publish (a matter or a name) in a Papal bull; to issue a bull against… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| enchance | = chance n. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| erudite | Learned, scholarly. (Now somewhat rare exc. in sarcastic use.) | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| evanish | of objects present to the eye. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| every | Rye grass (Lolium perenne). | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| evomit | trans. To vomit, throw out, eject (the contents of the stomach). Also transf. and fig. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| excerpt | As past participle: excerpted, extracted, selected. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| exhibition | Maintenance, support. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| expand | trans. To spread out; to spread out flat or smooth; to open out, unfold; †to remove the… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| expanded | Spread open, outspread, outstretched, extended; †covering an extensive area. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| expert | Destitute or devoid of, free from. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| expert | trans. To experience; to know by experience. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| expugn | trans. To capture by fighting; to take by storm. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| expulse | with obj. a person, etc.: To drive or thrust out from a place; to eject, evict from a… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| expulsor | = expulser n. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| extinct | Extinguished (see senses of extinct n., extinguish v.). Now rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| figment | An invented statement, story, doctrine, etc. †In early use also: A fraudulent device. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| fulgent | Shining brightly; brilliant, glittering, resplendent. Now poet. or rhetorical. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| furiosity | Madness, esp. in Sc. Law (see quot. 1882). brieve of furiosity: a brieve n. directing an inquiry as to a person's sanity. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| generical | = generic adj. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| generosity | Aristocratic birth or lineage; nobility. Obs. (arch. in later use). | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| gigant | = giant n. adj., in various senses. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| gubernation | The act or fact of governing, guiding, or controlling; guidance, government. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| guerre | War. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| historical | Belonging to, constituting, or of the nature of history; in accordance with history. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| Homerical | = Homeric adj. 1. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| humectate | Moistened, wetted. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| hyperbolical | Rhetoric. Of the nature of, involving, or using hyperbole; exaggerated, extravagant (in language or expression). | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| illuminate | Lighted up; made bright by light. arch. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| immix | trans. To mix in (with something else); to mix intimately, mix up, commingle. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| immixt | trans. = immix v. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| impermixt | Unmixed, unmingled. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| impulsion | The action of impelling or forcing onward; also of striking upon, thrusting, pushing… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| inabilite | trans. To declare ineligible (for an office); to disqualify. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| incension | Burning; setting on fire; conflagration. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| incentive | Something that arouses feeling, or incites to action; an exciting cause or motive; an incitement, provocation, ‘spur’. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| inconsuete | Unusual, unaccustomed. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| incursion | A hostile inroad or invasion; esp. one of sudden and hasty character; a sudden attack. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| indeclinable | Incapable of declining, or being caused to decline; undeviating, unchangeable, fixed, constant. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| inferial | Low in position, low-lying; situated below, lower, nether; = inferior adj. 1; spec.… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| inferior | Lower in position; situated below, or farther down than, something else; nether… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| inflexible | Capable of being inflected; in Optics diffrangible. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| informatory | That instructs or informs; = informative adj. 3. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| infortunable | Unfortunate, unlucky. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| inhabitate | Inhabited. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| inhabitator | One who inhabits; an inhabitant. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| innew | trans. To renew: = innovate v. 1. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| inobediency | Disobedience. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| inopinable | Not opinable; unthinkable, inconceivable; not to be thought of. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| insculp | trans. To carve, engrave, or sculpture (upon something, as a figure or inscription upon stone). | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| insignite | Distinguished. (Construed also as pa. pple.) | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| intemperance | Intemperateness, inclemency, severity of the air, weather, or climate. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| interdict | Interdicted: construed as pa. pple. of interdict v. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| interial | Inward, internal, interior. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| interpretator | An interpreter. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| intracer | One who searches into anything. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| intrication | The action of intricating or condition of being intricated; complication, entanglement. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| introduct | Introduced, brought in. (Construed as pa. pple.) | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| introit | Entered. (Const. as pa. pple.) | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| intromit | intr. for refl. To interfere, intermeddle, have to do with. (Now only Sc.) | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| inundation | The action of inundating; the fact of being inundated with water; an overflow of water; a flood. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| itinerary | A line or course of travel; a route. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| jocular | A professional jester or minstrel. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| layman | A man who is not a cleric; one of the laity. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| liberation | The action of liberating (esp. from confinement or servitude); the condition of… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| ligiament | An act of allegiance. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| lineament | A portion of the body, considered with respect to its contour or outline, a distinctive feature. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| literate | Of a person, society, etc.: acquainted with letters or literature; erudite, learned… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| locution | A form of expression or phraseology; a phrase, expression. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| maculate | trans. To spot, stain, or soil (something); (now rare) to defile (a person or thing). (lit. and fig.) | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| magade | The bridge or fret (sometimes movable) of a stringed instrument. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| margent | The space on a page, etc., between its extreme edge and the main body of written or printed matter; = margin n. 2a. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| martyrizate | = martyred adj. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| martyrizate | trans. = martyr v. 1. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| martyrization | The action of martyring someone, or of portraying someone as a martyr. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| mathematical | Of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| mathematician | A person who is skilled in mathematics; an expert in or student of mathematics. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| mellifluous | Flowing with, exuding, or containing honey or a honey-like substance; of the nature… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| metrical | Of, relating to, or concerned with metre, esp. in poetry; occurring or composed in metre or verse. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| metrician | A person who writes in metre or verse. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| metrificate | trans. To write in verse or metre. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| mews | The royal stables formerly at Charing Cross in London, so called because built on the site of the royal hawk mews. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| mitigate | Mitigated; alleviated, soothed. Freq. as pa. pple. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| mulct | trans. To punish (a person, †an offence) by a fine; to exact money from (a person); to… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| multiplicate | Originally: †multiplied, increased (obs.). In later use: of many parts, elements, or sections; manifold; multiple, repeated. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| Nicene | either of two ecclesiastical Councils held at Nicaea, the first in a.d. 325 for the… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| numerate | Numbered; counted. Freq. as pa. pple. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| numerous | Consisting of many individuals. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| nutrix | A nurse (in various senses); a person who nurtures or fosters someone. Also fig. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| obligate | Bound by oath, law, or duty; obliged. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| obnubilous | Of the weather: overcast, cloudy. In extended use: indistinct, obscure. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| obscure | trans. To make obscure or dark; to darken; to deprive of light or brightness; to dim. Now rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| obscurely | In obscurity; inconspicuously. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| obstinance | Obstinacy. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| obtemperate | Obedient, submissive. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| obtemperate | trans. = obtemper v. 2a. Sc. after 17th cent. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| obtent | Purpose, intent. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| obtent | Obtained, procured. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| obtrectator | A detractor, traducer, or slanderer. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| offcasting | A person or thing that has been cast off, a cast-off; (as mass noun) refuse, rubbish. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| Olympical | = Olympic adj. 1. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| onerable | Burdensome, onerous. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| opprobry | Disgrace or bad reputation arising from a person's shameful or dishonourable… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| ostiary | A doorkeeper, esp. of a church; spec. a member of the lowest of the four lesser orders… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| oyer | A criminal trial held under a commission of oyer and terminer (see oyer and terminer n.). Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| parsimony | The careful or sparing use of money or other material resources; economy; thriftiness; frugality. Now rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| patrician | In the later Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire: a person on whom had been bestowed… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| penitentiary | Ecclesiastical Law. A priest appointed or delegated to administer penance; spec. one authorized to deal with extraordinary cases. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| perspective | Relating to sight or the science of optics; optical. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| plenilune | A full moon; the time of a full moon. Also in fig. context. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| poetress | = poetess n. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| pomposity | Pomp, solemnity. Obs. rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| ponderate | trans. To weigh (a matter, subject, etc.) in the mind; to ponder, consider, contemplate. Also occas. intr. Now rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| porphyritic | Of, relating to, or of the nature of porphyry. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| portend | trans. To put forward as authority or excuse; to assume or claim falsely. rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| posterial | Of or relating to the posterior or buttocks, or to posterior parts of the body. In later use chiefly humorous. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| postillate | trans. To make notes or comments on; = postil v. 1. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| praetorian | Roman Hist. Of, belonging to, or relating to the guards of the commander or praetor of the… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| preceding | Earlier in time; existing or happening before something else; previous… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| predominy | Superior power or authority; predominance. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| prenosticate | = prenostic n. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| prenosticate | trans. = prognosticate v. 1. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| prenosticative | An omen, a portent. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| prerogancy | The possession of privilege; prerogative. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| presidy | Succour, relief; remedy, aid. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| prevalent | Having great power or force; effective, powerful; influential, potent; that prevails with or against (a person or thing). Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| procure | = procurement n. 1a. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| proditorious | Treasonable; traitorous, perfidious. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| profuse | That expends, gives, or produces something in abundance; lavish, extravagant, liberal to excess. Usu. with in. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| prohibit | Prohibited, forbidden. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| prohibit | trans. To forbid (an action, event, commodity, etc.) by a command, statute, law, or other authority; to interdict. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| project | Stretched out, extended. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| prolocutor | A person who speaks for another or others; a spokesperson. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| pronunciate | Announced beforehand, foretold. (In quot. as past participle.) | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| Propontis | The Sea of Marmara, between the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| prorogate | trans. Chiefly Law. To prolong, lengthen; to extend in time or duration; to cause to… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| prosapy | A lineage, a stock. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| prosecute | trans. To continue with (a course of action, an undertaking, etc.) with a view… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| prospect | The action or fact of looking forward or out, or of seeing to a distance; the condition… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| protend | trans. To cause to project; to put forth, stretch forth; to thrust forward. Also fig. Now rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| proverbial | Resembling, characteristic of, or of the nature of a proverb; expressed in a proverb or proverbs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| proverbially | In a proverbial manner; by way of or as a proverb or proverbial phrase; according to the proverb. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| provide | Prudent, provident. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| provocate | As past participle: provoked, stimulated, incited. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| provocate | trans. = provoke v., in various senses. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| purple | trans. To make purple (in any of the shades denoted or formerly denoted by this term: see purple… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| putative | That is commonly believed to be such; reputed, supposed; imagined; postulated, hypothetical. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| Pyrene | = Pyrenean adj. 1. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| quailing | That is diminishing, declining, or becoming weak; that is losing hope, courage, etc. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| rebellant | Rebellious. In early use predicative with to. Now rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| rect | trans. = erect v. (in various senses). | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| redact | trans. To bring together in a single entity; to combine, unite. With in, into. Cf. redact adj. 1. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| redeemer | A person who saves another or others from sin or damnation; spec. (with capital initial and freq. with the) God or Christ. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| redintegrate | To restore to a state of wholeness, completeness, or unity; to renew or re-establish in a united or perfect state. Also intr. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| re-edificate | trans. To rebuild, reconstruct. Only in past participle. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| re-edifying | Rebuilding; restoration. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| reflowing | The action of reflow v., in various senses; esp. (of the tide, a river, etc.)… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| refrectore | = refectory n. 1. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| reperible | Discoverable, discernible. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| reprobable | Deserving or worthy of censure or reproof; reprehensible. Formerly also: †reprobate. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| repudy | Divorce; (more generally) rejection, dismissal. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| resplendence | Brightness, brilliance (lit. and fig.); lustre, splendour. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| responsal | A response, a reply. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| responsory | A liturgical chant traditionally consisting of a series of versicles and responses, said or… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| retort | Turned or bent back. Chiefly as past participle. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| retract | trans. To draw or pull (a thing) back. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| revocatory | Relating to or expressive of revocation; that revokes someone or something; esp. that… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| revolute | That has completed a full revolution; that has reached a day corresponding to one in a previous year. Obs. rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| roborate | trans. To ratify, confirm (a charter, decision, or treaty). | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| Roman Empire | hist. The territories under the rule or administration of ancient Rome; spec. the… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| rustical | Of a person: living in the countryside; = rustic adj. 2. Now arch. and rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| sacrate | Consecrated, dedicated to God or a divinity; hallowed, sacred. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| salubrity | Of the air, a country, etc. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| sanity | Healthy condition, health. arch. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| scenical | Of or belonging to the stage; = scenic adj. 1. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| scholastical | tr. medieval Latin Historia Scholastica, the title of a work by Petrus Comestor. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| Scotti | Chiefly with the: Irish Scots (Irish Scot n. 1a) considered collectively. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| semicircular | Of the form of a semicircle. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| separate | Separated. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| separate | To put apart, set asunder (two or more persons or things, or one from another);… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| significate | As past participle: signified, indicated. Obs. rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| significatively | In a manner that conveys meaning; significantly; suggestively. Also: symbolically. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| similitudinary | In figurative language. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| slitch | = sleech n. (See also quot. 1794.) | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| solicitate | Solicitous, anxious, careful; characterized by care or solicitude. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| sough | A ploughshare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| speciality | A special, particular, or individual point, matter, or item; freq. pl., particulars, details. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| specifical | = specific adj. 2 †Also of division: Resulting in the separation of species. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| splendidious | Splendid, magnificent, brilliant. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| sprat | An evil spirit. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| stipend | The pay of a soldier. Now rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| stoical | Of or belonging to the Stoics; characteristic of the Stoic philosophy. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| subrogate | trans. To elect or appoint (one person) to an office or position in the place of… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| subsistence | Originally: being or existence, esp. as possessed by an actual entity or substance (see substance… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| succend | trans. To set on fire, kindle, burn. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| successive | With pl. or compound n.: Coming one after another in an uninterrupted sequence; following one another in order. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| succide | trans. To cut off, shorten. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| succinct | Girt, engirdled. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| summary | Of a statement or account (†occas. a term): Containing or comprising the chief points or… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| superabundantly | In or to a superabundant degree; too plentifully; excessively, to excess. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| superapparent | Appearing above the rest; more than apparent; prominent, conspicuous. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| superial | = superior adj. (in various senses). | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| supputation | The action or process of calculating or computing (an amount, chronological… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| suppute | trans. To reckon, calculate, compute. Cf. supputate v. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| supracelestial | = supercelestial adj. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| synonym | Plural. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| talkative | Given to talking; inclined to talk; chatty, loquacious; garrulous, ‘full of prate’ (Johnson). | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| tediousness | Wearisomeness on account of long continuance; tiresome lengthiness, prolixity… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| temerity | Excessive boldness; rashness; foolhardiness, recklessness. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| terminate | Limited, bounded; ended, brought to an end; having a definite limit or limits; of… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| terminative | Forming a boundary or limit, bounding (? obs.); forming the termination or extremity of something. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| tetrarchy | The district, division, or part of a country or province ruled by a tetrarch; the government or jurisdiction of a tetrarch. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| threne | A song of lamentation; a dirge, threnody; formerly spec. (in pl.) the Lamentations of… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| topography | A detailed description or delineation of the features of a locality. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| transfigurate | trans. = transfigure v. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| transformation | The action of changing in form, shape, or appearance; metamorphosis. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| transfude | To expend lavishly. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| transmutate | Transmuted. (Const. as pa. pple.) | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| triplicate | Threefold, triple; forming three exactly corresponding copies; consisting of or related to three corresponding parts. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| trivial | Belonging to the trivium n. of mediæval university studies. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| two-handed | Wielded with both hands, as a sword, etc. (= two-hand adj. 1); involving the use of both hands. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| tyrannesse | = tyrandise n. 2. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| uniformity | The fact or condition of having the same form or character as another or… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| unite | In non-physical connection or union. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| univocate | Of one sound or pronunciation. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| uterine | pl. Children or offspring of the same mother. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| vacuate | As past participle: made empty. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| variableness | Of things. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| veneration | In the phrases to have, or hold in veneration. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| venereal | Of or relating to, associated or connected with, sexual desire or intercourse. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| ventilate | As past participle: discussed or debated; thoroughly sifted or ventilated. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| vestal | one of the priestesses (originally four, subsequently six in number) who had charge of… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| vice-chancellor | The deputy or substitute of an ecclesiastical chancellor; spec. the cardinal at the head of the Papal Chancery. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| violator | A ravisher or outrager of women. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| vivacity | Intellectual or mental animation, acuteness, or vigour; quickness or liveliness of conception or perception. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| vivificate | trans. To give life to, to animate, to enliven or quicken; = vivify v. 1. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| whrinny | intr. = whinny v. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| ybegunne | begun. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| yschutte | Shut. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| ysegede | Besieged. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| ysleyn(e | Middle English pa. pple. of slay v. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
