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1. abstractī̆f adj.

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

2. accidence n.

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(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…

3. ac(c)ūsatīf adj. & n.

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

4. actī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.

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

5. adjectī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: adjective
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Gram. (a) Adjectival; noun adjectif, an adjective; verb adjectif, a verbal noun or adjective; (b) as noun: adjective.

6. adversatī̆f adj.

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Gram. Of a conjunction: adversative.

7. appōsiciǒun n.

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(a) Addition; (b) application; (c) gram. apposition.

8. article n.

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(a) A separate item (in a set of rules, doctrines, provisions, etc.); one of the statements of the Apostles' Creed; article of the feith (beleve, crede, creaunce, trouthe); (b) a specific religious…

9. cā̆s n.

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(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)…

10. collecciǒun n.

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The action or process of gathering: (a) the collecting (of things); (b) the collection (of taxes); a tax collector's district; (c) the accumulation (of morbid matter); a swelling or boil; maken

11. commū̆n(e adj.

Additional spellings: commune
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(a) Owned or used jointly, shared; haven commun, own (sth.) jointly; commun to (til), shared by; (b) of characteristics, destiny, etc.: common (to all, etc.); haven commun with, have (sth.) in common…

12. composiciǒun n.

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(a) The composition, constitution, or structure (of a complex object, organ, etc.); also, complexion, character; (b) a concoction, a compound medicine; (c) the act of making or constructing something…

13. conjuncciǒun n.

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(a) The act or process of joining, combining, or uniting two or more things; the fact of being joined or united, a union; (b) sexual union or intercourse; (c) a juncture or joint.

14. conjunctī̆f adj.

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(a) Gram. Subjunctive (mode); (b) producing cohesion, solidifying.

15. declināciǒun n.

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(a) A hanging downward; (b) deterioration, degeneration.

16. demonstrātīf adj. & n.

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(a) Characterized by logical reasoning, logical; proceding from true premises, demonstrable, certain; -- as noun, personified; demonstratif conning, the science of logic; also, knowledge based on…

17. dēpōnent adj.

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Gram. Of Latin verbs: deponent.

18. dī̆minūtī̆f adj. & n.

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Gram. A derivative word denoting a small kind of the primitive, a diminutive; also noun diminutif.

19. discō̆rden v.

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(a) To differ in will or opinion, argue, disagree; quarrel, be at odds; oppose (sb.); discorden with, quarrel with (sb.); (b) discorden fro (from, til, to), to disagree with (sb. or sth.), dissent…

20. disjunctīf adj.

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Gram. conjunccion disjunctif, a construction in which two singular subjects are said to be construed separately or disjunctively with a singular verb.