(a) Lessening, loss; (b) impairment, infringement; (c) lowering (of prices), depreciation; deficiency, as in the weight of a coin; a deduction for light weight; (d) law the quashing of a suit or writ……

(a) To knock down or demolish (a wall, etc.); (b) to knock (sb.) down; strike down or defeat (an enemy); (c) strike (sail); cast down (a banner). …

Law god abering, good behavior, proper conduct. …

To enable (sb. to do sth.), give (sb.) power or resources (sufficient for a task). …

(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……

(a) The act of charging someone with an offence or misconduct; (b) law formal accusation, indictment; (c) self-accusation, confession. …

Law To make a copy or multiple copies of (an agreement, etc.) by means of a chirograph. …

(a) A doer, a maker; (b) actour of curing, that which brings about a cure; (c) a guardian, a steward; (d) law one who brings suit at law, the plaintiff. …

Math. The act of adding numbers together; the arithmetical process of addition. …

(a) To allow (sb.) to enter (a place), admit (into the presence of sb.), receive or welcome (sb.); also fig.; (b) to receive (sb. in a certain office or capacity), accept (as ruler, judge, freeman of……

(a) Of reasoning: acceptable, admissible; of an action: permissible; (b) law of persons: allowed, entitled, having the right (to defend a case in a certain manner). …

Law (a) the activity of a professional pleader in courts of law, advocacy; (b) the advocacy performed by a prosecutor, a charge or accusation; (c) theol. intercession or advocacy on behalf of a sinner……

(a) To fix (sth.) in place, make immovable; (b) to strengthen (sb.), make sure or steadfast, confirm (sb. in a belief or virtue); (c) to fix firmly (an emotion in the heart); (d) to decide upon……

(a) Phil. An affirmative proposition, a positive statement or inference; (b) the positive form or aspect of something; in affirmatives, in positive functions (as opposed to failure to function); wil……

(a) Positive, affirmative (as opposed to negative); (b) law bringing suit; affirmatif parte, the plaintiff. …

(a) Assault, attack; maken affrai; (b) outcry, uproar, disturbance; of boiling: commotion; (c) law a brawl, riot, public disorder. …

Law A subsidiary county-court, held by the sheriff on the day after the regular full court. …

(a) Injury; pain, suffering; (b) law a grievance or complaint. …

(a) Assistance, help, support; (b) a helper; (c) mil. an auxilliary, a mercenary; (d) law aide prier [OF phrase, lit. 'ask for help'], an appeal for help from a party interested in the matter in……

Law (a) To make a judicial decision, decide, order; -- usu. with that clause; (b) to sentence, convict, or condemn (sb.); ajugen to pein; (c) to impose (a penalty). …

Law (a) A second writ of attachment issued when the first proves ineffectual; from the phrase sicut alias praecipimus; (b) otherwise called; -- from phr. alias dictus. …

Law The transfer of one's title to property or rights; alienation or sale (of property); surrender or loss (of a right); also, alteration (of a will) [quot. 1458]. …

Law (a) To transfer or surrender one's title to property or rights, alienate (property or a right); alienen awei; alienen in fe simple (taille); (b) to divert (property to a different purpose). …

Law To determine or fix (a date, place, or fine). …

(a) Law Formal declaration in court, presentation of evidence; maken allegacioun, declare; (b) an argument or reason proffered as evidence or proof. …

(a) Law A formal declaration or deposition; (b) the citing of authorities (esp. the Scriptures) in support of a doctrine or opinion; (c) the expression of an opinion or objection; assertion……

Law To make a formal declaration in court, either by way of bringing a charge, in defense against a charge, in support of a right, or in justification of a claim; alleggen matier, present evidence……

Law (a) To make a formal declaration; submit (a document) in evidence; testify; (b) to prove (a claim). …

Law Authorization. …

Law A writ authorizing payment (as of a pension or allowance); writ allocate. …

(a) Praiseworthy, commendable; proper; (b) logic admissible, valid; (c) law permissible, admissible; (d) of reimbursement: due, appropriate. …

(a) To commend or praise (sth.); worship (God); recommend (a virtue); (b) approve of, be pleased with (sth.); be pleasing (to sb.); favor (sb.); (c) appreciate or value (sth.); esteem. …

(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms; eten almes, be dependent on alms; gan on almes, liven bi, of almes, live on……

All the way; in every way or respect. …

Law (a) To fine (sb.) 'at the mercy', i.e. at the discretion, of the court; impose a penalty; -- constr.: for, of (an offence); at, in (a certain amount); after (the law), according to; (b) to fine (a……

Law Enter upon (possession). …

(a) Law To alienate (property) in mortmain; -- usu. with to phrase; (b) to hold (property) in mortmain. …

Law & gov. (a) Declare null and void: deny (a claim), dismiss (an accusation), quash (an indictment); cancel or revoke (a charter, a privilege); set aside or repeal (an order, statute, or law); (b)……

(a) Annoyance; (b) law a (public) nuisance. …

A reply to an inquiry or request; maken answere, yeven answere (ayain), to reply, give an explanation; quethen to answere, say in reply; final answere, definite answer or decision. …

(a) Intransitive To give a reply; answeren ayain, reply; answeren and sain (quethen); (b) transitive with the reply as direct object: to reply (sth.); -- with obj. or obj. clause; (c) intransitive……

(a) Visible form, figure; (b) sight. …

Law (a) A formal accusation brought in court, maken apel, pursuen apel; a document embodying such a charge; writ of apel; (b) a challenge to trial by combat; complien apel, answer such a challenge. …

(a) Law To appropriate (common land) to one's own use and profit [in accordance with the Statutes of Merton (1236) and Westminster (1285)]; -- refl. & intr.; (b) to assign (sth.) as property; (c) to……

Law (a) Authority or power to make binding judicial decisions, jurisdiction; (b) a legally binding decision, verdict; stonden to (at) the arbitrement, abiden (stonden) arbitrement, abide by the……

Law, = enrollen v. sense 1. …

Law The procedure of calling upon an accused person to answer to a formal charge, arraignment. …

(a) To interrogate (sb.), ask (sb.) a question; ask (a question); (b) to rebuke (sb.), censure. …

Law (a) To make a (specific) claim, esp. in writing; (b) make a (specific) charge or accusation, to challenge; articlen agains, onto (sb.); (c) answer a charge point by point. …

Law Point by point, in detail; specifically. …

Law Escrow. …

To ask (a question); -- (a) with interrog. clause; (b) with clause & at, of, to phr. of the person; (c) with clause and indir. obj. of the person. …

(a) One who asks a question;questioner; (b) one who queries (a doctrine, etc.); inquirer, critic; (c) one who beseeches, prays, or begs. …

(a) Questioning, inquiry; question; asken, maken asking; (b) querying; (c) gram. noun of asking, an interrogative. …

Law To bind or put under obligation; constrain. …

Law The act of distraining (sb.) to appear in court, or of sequestering (property); also, a writ of distraint, writ of attachement. …

Law (a) To distrain or bind (sb.) to appear in court; attachen bodi, distrain (someone's) person; attachen bi borwes; (b) to take into custody, arrest (sb.), take prisoner; (c) to sequester or attach……

(a) To cut or pierce (sth.); damage, injure; (b) to mar or sully (virtue). …

Law (a) Conviction or sentencing of a felon [usually involving death by hanging, the extinction of all civil rights, forfeiture of property, and 'corruption of blood']; (b) bil of atteindre, a bill……

(a) To attain or achieve (a purpose, a desired end); obtain; -- with obj. or to phrase; also refl.; (b) reach (a certain state), attain to; (c) succeed (in doing sth.), be able (to do). …

(a) Law A charge of felony (such as treason or misconduct in office); conviction of such an offence; seuen atteinte; (b) misconduct; (c) an attack or raid. …

(a) To reach or overtake (sb.); (b) carry out or do (sth.). …

Law The act of bringing suit, suing. …

(a) To seek or try to do (sth.); venture upon or attempt (an action), seek (friendship); (b) venture or try (to do sth.). …

Law A person formally designated or appointed to represent a litigant in court or to transact official business; legal agent, attorney, advocate; attourne general, advocate empowered to act in all……

(a) One who makes or creates a person or thing, one who founds an institution, one who brings about an action or a condition; creator, maker, originator, founder; perpetrator; first auctour, God; (b)……

Law A document that proves the validity of a right or claim. …

Worthy of belief or acceptance, reliable, trustworthy; true, authoritative: (a) of opinions, statements, books, stories, etc.; (b) of persons. …

Beneficial, useful, helpful; available to (unto), helpful to (sb.), useful for (sth.). …

(a) Benefit, advantage, profit; ben avail, to be useful or effective; ben litel avail, to be of little value; (b) of persons: worthiness. …

(a) To help (sb.), assist; do good to (sb.), benefit, be profitable to; (b) refl. to help oneself, succeed; (c) impers. or with delayed subject: availeth, it availeth, it avails (sb.), it profits, it……

(a) Dominant, privileged, or advantageous position; supremacy, superiority; haven avauntage of (before), to be superior to (sb.); (b) ship of avauntage, a superior ship, ?a faster ship; (c) at most……

Law (a) Proof; esp., a declaration under oath or a declaration supported by the oaths of others; (b) instruction [prob. scribal error]. …

(a) To corroborate (a statement); (b) to cite (sth.) as corroboration or proof. …

Sight, view; inspection, scrutiny. …

The act of declaring something to be one's own, acknowledgment; sone bi avourie, adopted son. …

(a) Captivity, custody; (b) charge, guardianship, stewardship. …

Law Of a thief: in the act of carrying stolen goods on his back. …

Law Subject to debarment. …

(a) A barrier, obstruction, or barricade, esp. outside the gate of a walled city or castle; also, the gate itself; -- often pl.; (b) in names: gate (of a walled city). …

(a) To secure (a gate, a door) with bars or a bolt; to bar, block, or bolt; barren to; (b) to lock (a room); (c) to lock (sb.) up. …

(a) A deed of friendship, benevolent act, a favor, a kindness; (b) an act of piety, a good deed. …

Law Some kind of agreement as to feudal service. …

Law A provision or disposition. …

(a) To besiege (a stronghold, an enemy); also, waylay; (b) to beset (sb.). …

Law A case or charge of stealing what can be borne on a man's back. …

(a) A suppliant; (b) law a petitioner. …

(a) Entreaty, supplication, prayer, intercession, or an instance of it; (b) law a petition or plea. …

(a) Any collection of sheets or leaves, bound or unbound, making up a volume of writings; a book as a material object; (b) bok bindere, one who binds books; bok haspe, a clasp for the covers of a……

(a) A thing deposited as security, a pledge; leien feith (trouth) to borgh, to pledge (one's) honor; (b) a ransom; leien hed (lif) to borgh, give (one's) head (life) as a ransom; withouten borgh, not……

Law (a) The act of giving surety for another; (b) a person who gives surety. …

(a) Law The giving of surety, suretyship; (b) theol. the act of redeeming, redemption. …

(a) To take (sth.) with the understanding that it will be returned, receive (sth.) on credit, borrow; esp., to obtain (money) by pledging something as security or by finding sureties to guarantee……

(a) A town, a city; also, a small village; (b) in various fig. senses: burgh of bale, hell; burgh of heven, the celestial city; middelerdes burgh, worldes burgh, the world; (c) hegh burgh, great city……

(a) To cry out, call, shout; (b) to cry out (sth.), say (sth.) loudly; (c) callen after, to call for (sb.), summon; callen on (upon), call to (sb.), address, invoke, summon, call on (sb. for payment)……

(a) False accusation, slander; (b) law a false challenge, legal objection raised in bad faith. …

Law (a) A writ of arrest; also the serving of such a writ, an arrest; (b) capias utlagāt, capias legāt, a writ directing the arrest of an outlawed person. …

(a) State of affairs, circumstances, situation; predicament; hard cas; the fortunes (of a person), lot, destiny; (b) senden cas, yeven cas, to grant fortune, rule destiny; grant (a certain kind of)……

Law To make (sth.) null and void, annul, quash; abolish (a guild). …

(a) To throw (sth.) to a distance, fling, hurl; pour or sprinkle (water); (b) sift (sand); (c) scatter (seed), sow; (d) throw at (sb.). …