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1. actī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.

Additional spellings: active
32 quotations in 4 senses
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Of human actions: done (as opposed to suffered), voluntary; actif cursing, self-excommunication.

2. adustiǒun n.

14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Treatment with heat or burning, calcination of a substance; (b) surg. cauterization; (c) phys. the corruption of bodily humors, ulcers, etc., by heat; the process by which humors, etc., become adu

3. an(n)exen v.

Additional spellings: annexen
35 quotations in 4 senses
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annexed (to), joined (onto), adjoining; connected (with), constituting a part (of).

4. attempra(u)nce n.

Additional spellings: attempraunce
26 quotations in 3 senses
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The observance of proper measure or the 'golden mean'; moderation, temperateness.

5. attempren v.

33 quotations in 4 senses
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To keep (emotion, oneself) under control; control, restrain; attempren herte, courage, smelling, etc.; attempred, moderately [quot. 1500].

6. boistǒus adj.

93 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of persons or their behavior: lacking in polish, learning, skill, or experience; crude, unmannerly, awkward; unlearned, unskilled, ignorant; artless, simple, humble; of an animal: simple; (b) of…

7. conjuncciǒun n.

31 quotations in 4 senses
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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.

8. dispōsen v.

119 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To arrange (sth.); compose (a book, a chord); (b) ben disposed, to be arranged or designed (in a certain way); (c) refl. to prepare oneself, get or be ready; disposen redi, make ready.

9. dispōsiciǒun n.

107 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Preparation, planning, arranging; also, a plan or arrangement; taken disposicioun, to make arrangements; (b) construction or execution according to a plan; building (of a city); structure (of the…

10. dissenciǒun n.

32 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Disagreement in sentiment or opinion; esp., overt dissension, quarreling, civil strife; maken (meven, setten)dissencioun; fallen at (upon) dissencioun, to start to quarrel; (b) a disagreement…

11. enǧendren v.

59 quotations in 9 senses
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Of progenitors: to beget or have (offspring); of offspring: to be begotten, born, or descended.

12. extrānē adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Phys. Derived from without, i.e. not produced by the natural functioning of the body.

13. formāciǒun, -tiōn n.

Additional spellings: formation
7 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Act of creating or making, creation, production; (b) fig. creator.

14. franǧī̆ble, -ī̆bil adj.

Additional spellings: frangibil
3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Breakable, brittle; (b) soluble; (c) phys. [see quot.].

15. grẹ̄ n.(1)

91 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A step in a stairway or flight of steps; also, a flight of steps; song (canticle) of gres, one of the Gradual Psalms; gre bi gre, from gre to gre, step by step; (b) a rung of a ladder; also fig.

16. maistrī(e n.

Additional spellings: maistrie
232 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Control, dominance, rulership; geten maistri unto, to grant (the kingship) to (sb.); haven maistri; (b) preeminence, status, prestige; (c) authority, warrant; (d) the upper hand, victory in a…

17. mēne adj.(2)

124 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) In a middle state between two extremes; (b) phys. & physiol. of color, temperament, food, etc.: of a mixed quality or character; (c) moderate in size or quantity; mene assise [see assise n. 6]…

18. moist(e adj.

Additional spellings: moiste
110 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Moist, wet; moistened with tears, blood, saliva, etc.; moist issue, vapor; moist fruit, fig.?luscious fruit; (b) of a land or region: well-irrigated; of a plant: well-watered; maken moist, to…

19. moistūr(e n.

Additional spellings: moisture
69 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Moisture, wetness; something moist or wet; the moist part of something; dampness, humidity; grutti moistur, mud; (b) of trees and plants: the moistness, wetness; juiciness; sap; (c) a bodily…

20. obēdient adj.

62 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Obedient; willing to serve someone; also, willing to fulfill an obligation; obedient to, obedient unto; (b) as noun: obedient person; (c) obedient to (unto), subject to the rule of (sb. or sth.)…