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1. 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……

2. accō̆rd n.

67 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Friendly sentiment, attitude, or disposition; goodwill, god accord; (b) sentiment or opinion; standen of accord, agree in sentiment (with sb.); fallen of accord, to consent; bi accord……

3. accō̆rdaunce n.

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Of persons: (a) agreement in sentiment, concurrence of opinion; comoun accordaunce, mutual agreement; on accordaunce, unanimity; (b) compliance (with the will of God), devotion; compliance with rules……

4. 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). …

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. antecēdent adj. & n.

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Logic & ethics A prior assumption or principle, a premise; antecedent trouth; antecedent ded, a preceding act as causing a later act. …

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. comparisǒun n.

83 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The act of putting (two things) on a par, of regarding or treating (them) as equal, or of claiming equality; maken comparisoun to (of), to claim equality with (sb. or sth.); (b) an equal, a peer. …

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. declināciǒun n.

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

15. dēclinson n.

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Gram. (a) A declension of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives; (b) the conjugation of a verb. …

16. dēfaut(e n.

Additional spellings: defaute
186 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Lack, insufficiency, absence; short weight [quot.: a1400]; at defaut, incomplete (as to antlers), lacking; for defaut, for lack of something; in your defaut, in your absence, because of your……

17. dēgrẹ̄ n.

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(a) An elevated place, a step, platform, tier; a step in a flight of stairs; a tier of seats; a rung of a ladder; song of degres, one of the fifteen gradual Psalms; (b) bi degres, by steps or stairs……

18. 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……

19. dī̆minūtī̆f adj. & n.

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

20. distribūciǒun n.

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(a) Apportioning or allotment (of goods, alms, etc.); administering (of sacraments); spending (of money); (b) an allotment, a share; a gift. …

21. feminīn(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: feminine
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(a) Of sex: female; sex feminin; as noun: a female being, a woman; (b) fig. feminin fader, Father-Creator. …

22. figūre n.

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Shape, form, appearance: (a) visible or tangible shape or form; general appearance; bodili figure, figure of this world; of the face: expression; (b) of a living being: bodily form, appearance (often……

23. ǧendre n.

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(a) A class or kind of individuals or things sharing certain traits [sometimes distinguished from species, which denotes a class based upon different criteria]; (b) a race or nation; (c) a sex; (d)……

24. ǧenetī̆f adj. & n.

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(a) Gram. The genitive case; genetif case; (b) with punning reference to 'procreation' or 'genealogy'. …

25. interjecciǒun n.

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(a) An exclamation, outcry; (b) gram. one of the parts of speech, an interjection. …

26. masculīn(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: masculine
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(a) Of sex: male; masculin gendre, male sex; of the male class or kind; as noun: a male; also, the male portion of a congregation; (b) of things thought to possess male functions or qualities: male……

27. optā̆tī̆f n.

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Gram. The optative mood. …

28. particiǒun n.

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(a) A division, sharing, or distribution of money, property, booty, etc.; the process of making such a division; maken particioun; (b) a logical distinction, differentiation, or division; (c) the……

29. participle n.

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Gram. A participle; also fig. something intermediate sharing qualities of two contrasting entities. …

30. persǒun(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: persoune
202 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) An individual, a person; -- also with reference to Christ; coll. persons, people; (b) a persoun, per person; persoun or persounes, no persoun ne persounes; a persoun of eighte-tene, eighteen……

31. plāce n.

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(a) Space, extension in two or three dimensions, room, area; also fig.; biriden so muche place, to ride over so much area, cover so much ground; haven place, have room; occupien place, occupy space……

32. pǒuē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: pouere
353 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) The ability of a person, an animal, a soul, an angel, a spirit, etc., to act; ability (to do sth.); pouer of, capacity for or power of (doing sth.); pouer of harm, means or capacity for doing……

33. prēposiciǒun n.

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(a) A pre-eminent position; (b) gram. a preposition. …

34. prō̆nǒun(e n.

Additional spellings: pronoune
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Gram. A pronoun. …

35. quā̆litẹ̄ n.

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(a) Character, nature, state, or condition; an inherent attribute; innere qualite, ?inner state; [quot.: Barth., last, may belong with sense 3.(a)]; outre qualite, outer state; qualite of the colour……

36. quantitẹ̄ n.

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(a) Size in three dimensions, magnitude, volume, capacity; open quantite, capacity of something when empty; (b) size in length; stature; also fig.; (c) circumference; (d) size of a surface area; also……

37. rē̆sǒun n.(2)

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(a) The intellectual faculty, intellectual power or capacity, reason; -- also pl.; light of resoun; (b) the exercise of the intellectual faculty, act or process of reasoning; mental processes……

38. sentence n.

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(a) A personal opinion, way of thinking; sentence yevere, one who expresses a personal opinion; in o sentence, of one mind, with one intent; of sentence, according to one's opinion; differren sentence……

39. significāciǒun n.

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(a) A symbol; in significacioun, as a symbol, symbolizing; (b) symbolic meaning; also, interpretation [quots.: Lydg.Pilgr.]; (c) symbolization, representation; a gret significacioun, an important……

40. singulē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: singulere
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(a) Gram. The singular form of a noun; also, the second person familiar [quot.: 1447]; also, ?the condition of being singular [2nd quot.]; (b) an individual person; ?also, a monk or nun [quot……

41. singulē̆rtẹ̄ n.

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(a) Uniqueness of behavior; deviation from customary practice; (b) an act or a habit departing from customary practice; a unique or an unusual achievement. …

42. stāt n.

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(a) A moral or spiritual state or condition; stat of dampnacioun (grace, right, etc.); stat of penaunce (teres), a state of repentance; (b) a mental state, frame of mind; (c) the physical state or……

43. substantī̆f n.

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Gram. A word that refers to a person or thing, a noun or an adjective used substantively. …

44. supīn n.

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Gram. The supine of a Latin verb; first supin, the accusative supine; latere (laste) supin, the ablative supine. …

45. tens(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: tense
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(a) A period of time; (b) gram. one of the inflectional categories in the conjugation of the verb, having to do with placement of the action or state in past, present, or future time; future (presente……

46. tīme n.(2)

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(a) Temporal duration; the duration of the world;—also pl.; worldes time; fulnesse (ful-filling, plente) of time, the full measure of time, appointed time; thinges of time, temporal things; under the……

47. transiciọ̄̆n n.

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Gram. The transitive relation between verb and object, transitivity. …

48. ūnitẹ̄ n.

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(a) Insusceptibility to differentiation, indivisibility, lack of diversity; also, purity, freedom from adulteration (b) theol. the essential unity among the persons of the Trinity; the oneness or……

49. verbe n.

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Gram. (a) A verb; verbe plurel (nombre, verbe of plurel nombre, a verb form declined with a plural ending; principal verbe, the finite verb of the main clause, main verb (b) in phrases designating……

50. vocātī̆f n.

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Gram. The vocative case; vocatif plurel, the plural of the vocative case. …

51. voice n.

270 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The voice of a human being, centaur, etc.; a voice; also, vocal sound; a vocal sound or a sound made in speaking; in (with) o voice, in unison; in voice, aloud; soun (of) voice (b) the voice of……

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