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1. allǒuen v.

106 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To commend or praise (sth.); worship (God); recommend (a virtue); (b) approve of, be pleased with (sth.); be pleasing (to sb.); favor (sb.); (c) appreciate or value (sth.); esteem. …

2. 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. …

3. arreinen v.

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

4. ascroue n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Law Escrow. …

5. cǒuntẹ̄ n.(3)

42 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The territory ruled by a count; also, an English earldom; also fig.; (b) ?country, territory. …

6. cǒurteisīe n.

75 quotations in 6 senses
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The complex of courtly ideals; chivalry, chivalrous conduct; also, contextually, one of these ideals, as courtly love, benevolence, kindness, cheerfulness. …

7. dēceit(e n.

Additional spellings: deceite
82 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Trickery, deceit, treachery; lying; (b) act of deceiving; a deception, stratagem, trick; a lie; (c) an ambush; (d) a fowler's snare or trap; some device to impede the passage of ships. …

8. dē̆fendaunt n.

18 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Law The defendant in a suit (as opposed to the plaintiff); (b) the challenged party in a trial by combat. …

9. dē̆fendaunt adj.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Defending; him (him self, me) defendaunt, defending himself (myself), in self-defense [cp. OF se defendant]; mi sonne defendaunt, my son defending himself; (b) law defending in a suit; partie……

10. dē̆fēsaunce n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Law A condition which, if fulfilled, nullifies a contract, an obligation, or a judgment against litigant; also, the document stating such a condition; in defesaunce of, for nullifying (an obligation)……

11. dēmaunde n.

37 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A question; (b) it is no demaunde, there is no question; that is no demaunde, this holde I no demaunde, there is no question about it, there is no doubt about that. …

12. disclaimen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Law (a) To make a formal denial of (a feudal claim or obligation), make a formal disclaimer; (b) to renounce feudal claim upon (sb. or sth.); (c) to remove oneself (from feudal jurisdiction) by formal……

13. empēchen v.

33 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To cause to get stuck fast; (b) to run (a ship) aground. …

14. grẹ̄f n.

93 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Hardship, misfortune, distress, trouble; bringen (turnen) to gref, to bring (sb.) into distress; kepen fro gref, preserve (sb.) from harm; (b) physical damage; (c) injury, grievance, wrong, cause……

15. misprisiọ̄n n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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Law An offense or illegal act, esp. on the part of a public official. …

16. ǒusten v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Law To oust or evict (sb.), dispossess (sb.) of land or other property. …

17. oyer n.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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Law (a) A criminal hearing under a commission of oyer and terminer; oyer determiner; on eire of an oyer, on circuit under a commission of oyer and terminer; (b) oyer and terminer (determiner), a……

18. pleintī̆f n.

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Law A person who brings formal suit against another in a court of law, plaintiff; one who seeks redress for wrong; (b) a complainer, plaintive person. …

19. prẹ̄ve n.

178 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Observed or recorded evidence supporting a statement, an assertion, accusation, or a claim; a piece of such evidence; maken preve of, to give evidence of (sth.); (b) evidence such as instances……

20. profre n.

43 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) An act of offering or presenting a gift; an offer of a gift, money, reward, help, etc.; (b) an offer of battle, a challenge; a peace offer or proposal, an offer to surrender; fig. the Devil's……

21. purchā̆s(e n.

Additional spellings: purchase
76 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Acquisition, gain; also, something acquired or received, a possession; wealth, property, goods; fig. something possessed as a natural gift [quot.: Capgr.], something earned or deserved; ben of……

22. purǧen v.(1)

157 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To purify or cleanse (sth.), make clean or pure; rid (the Church, the Temple, a town) of objectionable persons or things; (b) to purify (metal) by fire, refine; also fig.; scour (metal), remove……

23. purpartī(e n.

Additional spellings: purpartie
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Law A share or division of property, esp. land, due to a person by inheritance; a portion of inherited property; (b) a portion, share; a part, division, or section on a map or in the sky; also……

24. purport(e n.

Additional spellings: purporte
5 quotations in 1 sense
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law the surface or expressed meaning of a document, stipulation, etc. (sometimes contrasted with tenour, its true and essential meaning; sometimes perhaps more generally, the contents or substance of……

25. purprestūre n.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Law An illegal occupation or encroachment upon land; unauthorized use of common, private, or royal land or of waterways, as by damming or diversion; (b) a payment or rent due to the legal owner of……

26. purseuen v.

193 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To follow, go behind; go in pursuit in order to overtake; purseuen after, follow in pursuit; -- also, with prep. phr.: purseuen after, follow after (sb.); purseuen upon, follow upon (someone's……

27. pursuaunt n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One who seeks (to do sth.), an aspirant; (b) law one who brings suit, a plaintiff; one who presents a petition; also fig. …

28. pursuit(e n.

Additional spellings: pursuite
51 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) The action of pursuing to overtake; a chase; (b) the action of pursuing with hostile intent; don pursuit ayenes, make pursuit after (sb.); maken pursuit on the chase, give chase; (c) the action of……

29. purveiaunce n.

132 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Foresight; foreknowledge; foresightedness, prudence, wisdom; ben of god purveiaunce, to be prudent; ben of no purveiaunce, be improvident; (b) divine foreknowledge; divine providence or……

30. purveu n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Law (a) That which is provided or enacted by a statute, the body or substance of an act; (b) a special provision within an act; clause of purveu, a provisional clause, proviso. …

31. recoveren v.(2)

167 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To recover from sickness, injury, etc., regain health; of a bodily part: regain normal functions; recoveren of, recover from (an illness); (b) ben recovered, to recover from illness or injury, be……

32. recoverer n.(1)

29 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Relief from suffering or from the pain of hell; recovery; also, salvation; haven recoverer, to recover from defeat, rally; at no recoverer, having no power or chance to recover from defeat; (b)……

33. remissiǒun n.

41 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Release from duty or obligation; freeing of captives; Bibl. dai of remissioun, a holiday from work; yer of remissioun, a Jubilee year; also, a Sabbatical year; don (maken) remissioun, to grant……

34. replīen v.(1)

41 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To turn (sth.) back, fold; bend back (a probe), flex; (b) to make opposition; retaliate; oppose (sth.), object to; repudiate (a former opinion), divorce (one's wife), cancel (a command, decision)……

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