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1. ac(c)ūsāciǒun, -tiọ̄n n.

Additional spellings: accusacioun, acusation, accusation
16 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The act of charging someone with an offence or misconduct; (b) law formal accusation, indictment; (c) self-accusation, confession. …

2. actǒur n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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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. …

3. addiciǒun n.

31 quotations in 2 senses
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Math. The act of adding numbers together; the arithmetical process of addition. …

4. ālienāciǒun n.

18 quotations in 3 senses
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Law The transfer of one's title to property or rights; alienation or sale (of property); surrender or loss (of a right); also, alteration (of a will) [quot. 1458]. …

5. allē̆gāciǒun n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Law Formal declaration in court, presentation of evidence; maken allegacioun, declare; (b) an argument or reason proffered as evidence or proof. …

6. ap(p)araunce, -ence n.

Additional spellings: apparaunce, aparence, apparence
44 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Visible form, figure; (b) sight. …

7. auctǒur n.

49 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) One who makes or creates a person or thing, one who founds an institution, one who brings about an action or a condition; creator, maker, originator, founder; perpetrator; first auctour, God; (b)……

8. benefī̆ce n.

61 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A deed of friendship, benevolent act, a favor, a kindness; (b) an act of piety, a good deed. …

9. calumnīe n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) False accusation, slander; (b) law a false challenge, legal objection raised in bad faith. …

10. cā̆s n.

263 quotations in 11 senses
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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)……

11. cauciǒun n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Something offered as security, such as a pledge, a bond, a pawn, or bail; finden, laien, yeven caucioun, give a pledge, furnish security; caucioun marchant, ?security in goods; (b) law an……

12. chalenǧe n.

44 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A false or malicious accusation or charge; also, any charge; wrong chalenge, an accusation of having done wrong; (b) wrong chalenge, wrongdoing, injury inflicted upon others. …

13. collūsiǒun n.

24 quotations in 2 senses
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Law (a) A secret understanding or agreement between persons to circumvent the law or to achieve a purpose by unfair or fraudulent means; collusion; (b) a fraudulent act, a subterfuge. …

14. condiciǒun n.

104 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A situation or state; circumstances of life or existence; condicioun of poverte, prosperite; childes condicioun, childhood; (b) status or station in a society; free condicioun, high condicioun,……

15. contract n.

19 quotations in 4 senses
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Eccl. A solemn agreement to enter into matrimony, marriage vow or contract; contract of matrimonie (weddinge); also, a breach of this vow [quot.: 1395]. …

16. dette n.

92 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Whatever one owes another in goods, money, tribute, rent, dues, or the like; a debt; paien (quiten, yelden) dette, to pay a debt; borwen dette, incur a debt; axen dette, demand payment of a debt……

17. effect n.

115 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Execution or completion (of an act); attainment or consummation (of a desire, an aim); fulfillment or realization (of a wish, a prayer, a dream); (b) comen to effect, achieve or attain to; produce……

18. enǧīn n.

73 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Innate ability or intelligence, talent; skill, ingenuity, cleverness; also, a skill or craft; (b) deceitfulness, trickery; evil intention or design; a trick, a snare, a machination; fals engin……

19. entenciǒun n.

66 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Purpose, intention, or design; aim or object; final entencioun, ultimate purpose or goal; (b) of entencioun, on purpose, intentionally; of on entencioun, with fixed purpose; unanimously. …

20. errǒur n.(1)

46 quotations in 4 senses
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The state of believing or practicing what is false or heretical; false opinion or belief; a false opinion, a heresy; fallen in(to) errour. …

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