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81. ac(c)ūsen v.

Additional spellings: accusen
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(a) To charge (sb. with an offence, or misconduct, etc.), to impugn or blame; acusen gilt, to blame; to make a formal charge, indict; -- often with of (in, upon) phrase; also with inf. phrase or that……

82. acelle n.

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Armpit. …

83. acerblī adv.

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Harshly. …

84. acēte n.

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Vinegar; -- also used attributively. …

85. acētọ̄sitẹ̄ n.

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Sourness, sour juice. …

86. Achademie n.

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The garden near Athens where Plato taught. …

87. achāte(s n.

Additional spellings: achates
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(a) Agate, a precious stone said to be endowed with many virtues; (b) eagle stone [cp. etites]. …

88. 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……

89. -acī(e suf.

Additional spellings: aci, asie, asi
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A suffix forming numerous abstract nouns denoting quality or condition, most of them directly borrowed from French or Anglo-Norman, some formed from Latin nouns in -atia or -acia (in some cases……

90. -ācle suf.

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Only in a few nouns taken from OF or L, as pinn-acle, tabern-acle. …

91. aclīnen v.

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(a) To incline, slope (toward sth.); (b) to bow down. …

92. aclīved ppl.

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Inclined; aclived upon the sonne, sloping to the sunny side. …

93. acloien v.

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(a) To beset (sb.), harass; (b) to hamper (sb.), harm; make impotent or miserable. …

94. acre adj.

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Sharp, stinging. …

95. acrēsen v.

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To grow, flourish; to increase (sth.). …

96. act(e n.

Additional spellings: acte
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(a) A deed, an action (either physical or mental); process, operation, activity; (b) a written record of an action; Actes of Apostles, a book of the New Testament; (c) a state of accomplishment or……

97. acten v.

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To act upon or adjudicate (a case at law). …

98. actī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.

Additional spellings: active
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Of human actions: done (as opposed to suffered), voluntary; actif cursing, self-excommunication. …

99. actǒur n.

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(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. …

100. actūā̆l, -ē̆l adj.

Additional spellings: actuel
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(a) Of things, conditions, emotions, qualities: existing in fact, real; of actions: really done; (b) surg. real (as opposed to potential); actual cauterie, a cauterizing operation involving the……

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