Abacus, the instrument, and the art of calculating with it. …

Deviation, disagreement. …

(a) Shortness; (b) abridgement (of a story, etc.); an abstract or summary. …

Shorten or abstract (a story, a set of plays, etc.); shorten (a period of time). …

An alphabet, esp. the Latin alphabet of 22 letters (lacking k and w, and distinct characters for j and v) arranged in fixed sequence; abece of Grew, abece of Hebru, abece of Latine men. …

Of a thing, a sight, a disease, an action, etc.: physically loathsome, disgusting, repulsive; abhominable to the stomak, nauseating. …

(a) Physical loathing, disgust, nausea; abhominacioun of wlatsomnesse, nausea; haven abhominacioun of, to be disgusted or nauseated by (sth.); abhominacioun of stomak; (b) moral abhorrence; haven……

(a) To shrink from (sth.) physically, loathe, dislike; (b) to shrink from or dread (death, adversity, etc.); (c) to regard (sth.) with repugnance, detest, abhor. …

(a) The depths of the earth or the sea; (b) the primordial chaos, amorphous matter; (c) hell. …

(a) Humbleness, lowliness; an abject position; (b) one who is utterly degraded, the lowest (of the lowly). …

Outcast, rejected; wretched; expelled (from a place, an office, society); abject to regnen, deposed. …

Solemn renunciation of heresy or idolatry. …

(a) To renounce or recant (a heresy) under oath; ben abjured, be subjected to solemn recantation; (b) to give up or renounce (sth.); surrender (a right) under oath; swear to leave (a place). …

Med. and surg. (a) Removal, amputation; ablacioun of blod, bloodletting; also, removal (of the cause of a disease); (b) loss of function (in a part of the body). …

Removal of soil from the roots of vines. …

To expose the roots of (vines). …

Taken away. …

(a) The ablative (case) of Latin; a noun or adjective in the ablative case; (b) in a pun (with ref. to L ablātiō a taking away & ablāt-um taken away, stolen): carried off, stolen; ablatif cas, the……

(a) Of persons: capable of doing something, expert in an art or science, qualified to practice a trade or profession, skilful, competent; able maister, able werkman; of a woman: old enough to marry……

In words taken from OF (& L): (a) derived from verbs, with 'passive' meaning: accept-able, agre-able, am-able, blam-able, chaunge-able, forfet-able, fortun-able, honor-able, etc.; (b) derived from……

Alch. and pharm. The process by which oil or other substances, after being reduced to liquid form, are cleansed of impurities. [An emulsion is formed with hot water; this is allowed to separate, and……

Having its impurities dissolved or washed away. …

(a) A negative assertion, a denial; (b) self-denial, renunciation. …

?A great-great grandson or grandnephew. …

Abortion. …

(a) Born prematurely or dead; (b) as noun: a child born prematurely or dead, a stillbirth; also fig.; (c) one who is born deformed, a monster. …

(a) Existing in great quantity, overflowing; (b) possessing in quantity, rich (in gold, etc.); -- with of; (c) full (of mercy, blossoms, etc.); -- with of or with; (d) bountiful, generous. …

(a) A great number of things, a great quantity; plenty, a sufficiency; also, an excess; -- often with in or of; (b) aboundaunce of water, an overflow, a flood. …

(a) Present or existing in great number or quantity, many, much, abounding; also, overabundant, excessive; of shot: thick, fast; of waters: overflowing; (b) of fruitfulness, gifts, grace, mercy……

(a) To exist or be present in great number or quantity, be plentiful; to be sufficient (for a purpose); also, to be excessive; of water: to overflow; abounden to, come to (sb.) abundantly; (b) of……

(a) In vb., ppl., adj.: aboute- beren, to carry (sth.) hither and thither; aboute- brennen, envelop (sth.) in flames; aboute- clothed, covered by clothing, enveloped, wrapped about; aboute- comen……

(a) To stand nearby, be present; (b) to exist or happen at the same time as (sth.), accompany. …

(a) above- comen, to come upon, fall upon, attack; above- bringen, above- leden, bring upon, visit upon; above- growen, grow on the land; (b) higher on the written page; earlier in a document……

Of a law: abolished, abrogated. …

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

(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.……

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……

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. …

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

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. …

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

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

(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……

(a) Pleasing, agreeable, acceptable; accept to (of), pleasing to; accept time, appropriate or suitable time; accept in (someone's) sight; (b) received, obtained; accept of, taken from; (c) received……

(a) Of things, actions, ideas, etc.: agreeable, pleasing -- often with to, tofore, unto; acceptable in the sight of, pleasing in the sight of, agreeable to (sb.); (b) appropriate, suitable; time……

(a) The act of accepting (an office) or approving (a privilege, etc.); (b) acceptance or approval (of sth.) as true or just or satisfactory; (c) acceptacioun of persones, favoritism, partiality. …

(a) To receive graciously, be favorably inclined toward, approve; give favorable hearing to (an opinion, a poem, a story, etc.); accepten ded, be satisfied with (someone's) good intentions; (b) ppl. a……

One who shows favoritism, a respecter of persons. …

(a) Any attack of illness characterized by fever, but esp. of malarial fever or ague; acces ill, sharp acces, ague; fervent acces, hard acces, hot acces, etc.; (b) an attack of fever; esp. one of the……

Capable of being approached, accessible. …

(a) Phil. A non-essential or incidental characteristic, a temporary and variable property of a thing; bi accidence, through a secondary means, indirectly; of accidence, without affecting or involving……

Something that happens or occurs; a fortuitous happening. …

(a) Non-essential, incidental; (b) out of the normal course of nature, pathological. …

(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……

To summon (sb.). …

Performed, carried out. …

(a) A computation, enumeration, or count; -- often pl.; (b) the method or art of computing; -- pl. …

Flowing into (a sea). …

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

One who charges another with false notions, a critic. …

(a) Accusing, self-accusing [note the play on the word cas in GRom.]; (b) gram. accustif (cas). …

(a) Self-accusing; (b) a confessional. …

(a) An accuser; (b) a plaintiff. …

(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……

Armpit. …

Harshly. …

Vinegar; -- also used attributively. …

Sourness, sour juice. …

The garden near Athens where Plato taught. …

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

(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……

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……

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

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

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

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

Sharp, stinging. …

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

(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……

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

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

(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. …

(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……