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21. anpairin v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To harm (sb.); to damage (a reputation).

22. apēchen v.

25 quotations in 2 senses
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To accuse (sb.), to charge (sb. with an offence, etc.); -- often with of, with, for, upon phrase.

23. apeiren v.

75 quotations in 2 senses
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To make worse: (a) to damage (sth.); to spoil or ruin (sth.); (b) to impair or harm (the senses, thought, morals, etc.); (c) to injure (a person's reputation or well-being), to slander; do harm to (an…

24. ap(p)urtenaunce n.

Additional spellings: appurtenaunce
16 quotations in 2 senses
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A right, privilege, or possession subsidiary or incidental to a principal one (such as lordship, a manor, etc.); the totality of such rights, etc.; -- coll. sg. or pl.

25. appurtenaunt adj. & n.

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(a) Belonging (to a country, a manor) as a possession or a right; (b) as noun: what belongs to or forms a subsidiary part (of a manor, etc.).

26. arblastēr, -rēr n.

Additional spellings: arblastrer
15 quotations in 1 sense
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A soldier armed with a crossbow; a crossbowman.

27. archēr, -iēr n.

Additional spellings: archier
25 quotations in 2 senses
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One who is trained in the use of bow and arrow: (a) a soldier armed with a bow or longbow, longbowman, archer; also, crossbowman [quot. 1509]; archers and arblasters, longbowmen and crossbowmen; (b)…

28. arēsǒunen, -onen v.

Additional spellings: aresonen
26 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To address (sb.); ask (sb. a question); inquire; answer (sb.); respond; aresounen rebuking, reproach; (b) to request or urge (sb. to do sth.).

29. arrai n.

115 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) The action of preparing or arranging; the building (of a temple); the mustering (of an army); commissioun of arrai, officials in charge of mustering troops; (b) festivities, ceremonies…

30. arraiment n.

16 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The action of preparing for something, preparation; (b) action of decorating, ornamentation.

31. arreinement n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Law The procedure of calling upon an accused person to answer to a formal charge, arraignment.

32. arreinen v.

18 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To interrogate (sb.), ask (sb.) a question; ask (a question); (b) to rebuke (sb.), censure.

33. arrēre adv.

12 quotations in 3 senses
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In or to the rear; behind; don arrere, drive back; arainen arrere, hold back, restrain; neither avaunt nor arrere, neither ahead nor farther back (in a sequence).

34. arrēren v.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To fall back, retreat; -- intr. & refl.; (b) to hold back, restrain; (c) to come back, return.

35. asaumple n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An illustrative instance or story; (b) a model of conduct.

36. ascri n.

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(a) An outcry, battle-cry; shouting, clamor; setten (up) ascri, yeven ascri, to raise a clamor or battle-cry; (b) an attack accompanied by a battle-cry.

37. ascroue n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Law Escrow.

38. aspīe n.

36 quotations in 3 senses
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Stealthy investigation, observation, or watching; scouting, spying; also, information obtained by scouting; maken or setten aspie(s, to scout or spy; -- often pl., rendering L insidiae.

39. aspīen v.

132 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To make stealthy or covert observations upon (a person, place, action, etc.) with hostile intent; to spy upon; (b) to seek to discover or discover (sth.) by spying; (c) to spy or act the spy; --…

40. assai n.

93 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) The testing or a test of quality (as of a metal or other object); assaying of metal; putten in assai; after the assai of London, according to the London standard of quality; (b) of god assai, of…