(a) Lessening, loss; (b) impairment, infringement; (c) lowering (of prices), depreciation; deficiency, as in the weight of a coin; a deduction for light weight; (d) law the quashing of a suit or writ……

(a) To knock down or demolish (a wall, etc.); (b) to knock (sb.) down; strike down or defeat (an enemy); (c) strike (sail); cast down (a banner). …

Law god abering, good behavior, proper conduct. …

To enable (sb. to do sth.), give (sb.) power or resources (sufficient for a task). …

(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……

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

Law To make a copy or multiple copies of (an agreement, etc.) by means of a chirograph. …

(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. …

Math. The act of adding numbers together; the arithmetical process of addition. …

(a) To allow (sb.) to enter (a place), admit (into the presence of sb.), receive or welcome (sb.); also fig.; (b) to receive (sb. in a certain office or capacity), accept (as ruler, judge, freeman of……

(a) Of reasoning: acceptable, admissible; of an action: permissible; (b) law of persons: allowed, entitled, having the right (to defend a case in a certain manner). …

Law (a) the activity of a professional pleader in courts of law, advocacy; (b) the advocacy performed by a prosecutor, a charge or accusation; (c) theol. intercession or advocacy on behalf of a sinner……

(a) To fix (sth.) in place, make immovable; (b) to strengthen (sb.), make sure or steadfast, confirm (sb. in a belief or virtue); (c) to fix firmly (an emotion in the heart); (d) to decide upon……

(a) Phil. An affirmative proposition, a positive statement or inference; (b) the positive form or aspect of something; in affirmatives, in positive functions (as opposed to failure to function); wil……

(a) Positive, affirmative (as opposed to negative); (b) law bringing suit; affirmatif parte, the plaintiff. …

(a) Assault, attack; maken affrai; (b) outcry, uproar, disturbance; of boiling: commotion; (c) law a brawl, riot, public disorder. …

Law A subsidiary county-court, held by the sheriff on the day after the regular full court. …

(a) Injury; pain, suffering; (b) law a grievance or complaint. …

(a) Assistance, help, support; (b) a helper; (c) mil. an auxilliary, a mercenary; (d) law aide prier [OF phrase, lit. 'ask for help'], an appeal for help from a party interested in the matter in……

Law (a) To make a judicial decision, decide, order; -- usu. with that clause; (b) to sentence, convict, or condemn (sb.); ajugen to pein; (c) to impose (a penalty). …