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1. abettement n.

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Instigation to, or connivance in, an offense or crime. …

2. abilitẹ̄ n.

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A capacity for doing something, proficiency in an art or profession, ability, power. …

3. abloi ppl.

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Carried away (with joy), reckless (for joy). …

4. abobbed ppl. as n.

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The game of blind-man's buff [see first quot.]; pleien abobbed; fig. to fool or delude a helpless person. …

5. acciǒun n.

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(a) Something done, an act, a deed; accioun of penitence (penaunce), an act of penance; (b) the operation or effect (of heat or fire); the activity or function (of a bodily organ); accioun visif……

6. accǒuntāble adj.

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Charged with a duty or responsibility; responsible (for sth.), answerable (to sb.). …

7. ac(c)ǒuntǒur, -ere n.

Additional spellings: accountour, acountere, accountere, accomptere
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(a) One who keeps accounts; (b) a writer, a historian. …

8. achāt n.

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(a) The act of buying, a purchase; (b) comune achat [transl. L coemptio], a purchase made under (unfair) conditions imposed by a ruler; (c) fig. redemption. …

9. achātǒur n.

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A buyer of provisions, esp. for the household of the king or a lord; a purveyor. …

10. achēsǒun n.

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(a) Cause, reason; motive for doing something; objective, goal; withouten achesoun, in vain, for nothing; (b) that which furnishes a pretext, an opportunity; achesoun of sclaunder; (c) blame……

11. achēsǒunen v.

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To bring charges against (sb.), accuse, blame. …

12. achēte n.

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Reversion of property to a feudal lord upon failure of heires to the tenant, escheat; also, the right to claim such escheated property; writ of achete. …

13. achēten v.

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To make (property) revert to the king or other ruler, confiscate. …

14. acheuen v.

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To shun (sth.), avoid, beware of. …

15. acrōchement n.

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Encroachment (upon another's jurisdiction). …

16. acrois phr. & adv.

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(a) In the shape of a cross, i.e. with arms extended; (b) in a crossed position; (c) from one side to the other, across the length of something. …

17. adaunten v.

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(a) To conquer or subdue (sb.); overcome (sth.), subdue (wrath, pride, etc.); destroy (one's thrift); (b) to intimidate (sb.), cow, hold in check. …

18. afēres n. (plural)

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(a) Things one does; activities, doings, affairs; also, behavior; (b) sg. an enterprise. …

19. affẹ̄̆rer n.

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An assessor of fines. …

20. aǧet adv.

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In style, fashionably. …

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