To rise above (sth.). …

Directly over (but without touching or resting upon), overhead; in heaven; also fig. [quot. a1225]. …

(a) A higher place; from (fro) above, from heaven; also, from the sky; (b) the upper part of the body or of a bodily organ. …

(a) Being directly over (but not touching or resting upon), above, overhead; God above, heven above, etc.: (b) being upon something, lying or resting above; (c) being at a higher level; (d) higher in……

Directly over (but not touching or resting upon), vertically up from. …

Mentioned or stated higher on the page or earlier in a book; above-mentioned, previously stated. …

Written higher on the page or earlier in a book or document; above-mentioned, aforesaid. …

Abrasion, scraping. …

(a) To open (the eyes) wide; (b) ?spread out, prostrate. …

(a) A reduction or lessening in amount; a shortening in space or time; (b) a condensed version, an epitome. …

(a) To reduce (sth.) in number or amount, diminish; (b) to shorten (sth.) in space, decrease the length of (a journey, a rod); (c) to make (sth.) of shorter duration, to shorten (the time that……

(a) The act of reducing in number or amount, diminution; (b) a shortening in space; abregginge of wei, a short cut; (c) a shortening in time. …

Censure, upbraiding. …

To move (sth.) suddenly or violently: (a) thrust; snatch (away); lift; draw (a sword); raise (the eyes or the eyelids); fig. save (sb. from sin); (b) to cast down, destroy. …

To censure (sb.), scold, upbraid; censure (someone's misbelief); with of: to reproach (sb. for sth.). …

Reproach, upbraiding. …

(a) To break (sth.) to pieces, shatter; (b) ruin the health of (sb.); (c) violate (a charter); (d) force one's way through, or out of, something; in abreken, enter violently, burst in; abreken out of……

?A disease of hawks. …

Side-by-side, abreast; on abrest. …

To degenerate; esp., to become a traitor, apostate, or deserter; of law: to be perverted. …

To recover one's breath, get one's wind; -- refl. or intr.; abrethen ayen. …

To set (sth.) down in writing, record. …

Obtaining food without working; begging, thievery; gon abribeþ, to go vagabonding. …

(a) setten abroche, to tap or broach (a cask), let (liquor) flow; fig. to shed (blood); (b) set abroche, opened up, begun. …

(a) To tap or broach (a cask); often fig.; (b) to give utterance to (praise, rejoicing). …

Act of piercing or broaching a cask. …

In many parts of (a field), throughout. …

(a) So as to cover a wide space; out, wide, open; drawen abrod, maken abrod, spreden abrod, etc., to spread (sth.) out, stretch out, extend; holden abrod, hold (sth.) open or wide; spreden (waxen)……

In the act of brooding, for hatching eggs; setten abrod, sitten abrod. …

Of a law: abolished, abrogated. …

To abrogate (a law). …

Bruised, battered. …

Southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum). …

Broth. …

(a) Removal by cutting off or away; (b) removal (by means of a laxative); (c) loss (of the power of speech). …

A cutting instrument; prob. scissors. …

(a) The state of being away from a place, absence; in his absence, etc.; (b) in absence, absent; (c) the fact of being lacking or missing, lack, non-existence. …

(a) Not in a particular place, not present, absent; -- often with fro, from; (b) of things, qualities, etc.: absent, lacking, non-existent. …

(a) To go or stay away; (b) absenten (one's) person or presence, to withdraw, go or remain away; (c) refl. to withdraw (esp. in order to evade a duty, obligation, or penalty), go away, stay away; fig.……

Absence. …

A precious stone, reputed to hold heat for 7 days. …

Wormwood; fig. bitterness sorrow. …

Flavored with wormwood. …

The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). …

(a) Of a priest: to grant absolution to (sb.), remit sin in the name of the Church; (b) of God: to pardon (a sinner); (c) to release (an accused person from a penalty), acquit. …

(a) Forgiveness of sin as pronounced by a priest or by authority of the Church, remission; esp., the sacrament of penance; (b) a document granting remission of sins, an indulgence; (c) the act of……

(a) Free from compulsion or limitation, unrestricted; absolut from (fro, of), uncontrolled by, free from, independent of; (b) free from imperfection or deficiency, complete, perfect; (c) not relative……

(a) Without compulsion, freely; (b) without reference to anything else, not relatively, absolutely; (c) without reservation or limitation, unconditionally, completely. …

To release (sb. from an oath or obligation). …

Swallowed up, absorbed. …

To avoid (sth.), stay away from (a person or place), refrain from partaking of (food, etc.); -- often with fro, from, of; (a) refl.; (b) intr. …

One who is abstemious, one who practices self-denial. …

(a) Act of avoiding, refraining (from sth.); -- with fro, from; (b) fasting; continence. …

To cleanse (a wound, a part of the body). …

Surg. (a) The act or process of cleansing a wound or sore, the removal of pus or other impurities by means of cleansing medicines; (b) a detergent or cleansing property. …

Surg. A cleansing medicine; a preparation, externally applied, which removes pus and other impurities from wounds or sores. …

Of medicines: able to remove pus or other impurities from a wound or sore; cleansing, detergent. …

To cleanse (a wound or sore). …

The act or process of cleansing a wound or sore. …

Avoidance (of sth.), refraining (from sth.), self-denial; abstinence of mete, fasting; ben of abstinence, abstain; don abstinence of, abstain from; maken abstinence, avoid luxury. …

Self-denying, abstemious in eating and drinking; sexually continent; also, a self-denying person, an abstainer. …

Withdrawal from worldly affairs and interests, asceticism. …

An abridgment or summary of a book or document. …

(a) Withdrawn from the earth, raised above the earth; (b) withdrawn from worldly interests, lost in spiritual ecstasies; (c) difficult to understand, abstruse; (d) of writings: extracted from a longer……

Gram. Of nouns: abstract (as opposed to concrete). …

(a) Withdrawn from the world and worldly interests; (b) by itself, in the abstract, absolutely. …

(a) Lack of harmony, dissonance; (b) an unjust practice. …

From inhabited places. …

Improper or corrupt practice. …

Sexual misconduct. …

(a) To misuse (sth.); misapply (funds); abuse (one's power), put to evil use; (b) to abuse (sb.) sexually (as by incest, sodomy, prostitution). …

(a) An ambush; on abushement, in ambush; (b) troops in ambush. …

To dispose (troops) in ambush; refl. conceal oneself, hide. …

Misuse, abuse. …

(a) Misuse, perversion, abuse; (b) in abusioun, insultingly, abusively; also, in a wicked or unnatural manner. …

(a) Of land, territory, a field: abutten to (upon), to end at, extend to, border on (sth.); (b) abutten agenst, to be opposite (sth.). …

To strike (against sth.), attack. …

Cp. but target, etc. The making of butts for archery. …

Used between contrasting expressions: but, yet, however, nevertheless; -- (a) between clauses; (b) as an introductory expression. …

Med. A gum made from the juice of green plums or sloes (used as an astringent, a restringent, or a repercussive). …

Chilled, cold; also fig. …

To be beside oneself, act silly. …

(a) To overthrow (sth.), cast down, overcome; (b) to cast off (sth.), shed. …

Yowling as a cat in rut; gon a-caterwawed. …

In a zigzag course. …

(a) To come near (a place); (b) become adapted. …

(a) To set (sth.) afire, kindle; also fig.: (b) to kindle or stir up (an emotion); (c) to excite, incite, or stimulate (sb.); (d) to become ardent or enflamed. …

Accent, modulation. …

(a) The acceptance of something as true or valid; approval (of a book); (b) accepcioun of persones, personal accepcioun, favoritism, partiality; (c) a condition or stipulation to which one has agreed……