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1. assẹ̄th n.

43 quotations in 3 senses
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Fulfillment, satisfaction, reparation; maken (don) asseth, give satisfaction: (a) fulfillment of a wish, expectation or requirement; (b) fulfilling of a need; (c) satisfactory answer to a question or…

2. confǒunden v.

65 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To harass, rout, defeat, or annihilate (an adversary); harass (a person or people); (b) to frustrate (sb.); refl. defeat (oneself); (c) to harm or destroy (sth.); refute (a doctrine).

3. coronāl n.

24 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A precious circlet, often of gold and gems, worn about the head for ornament or to show rank; a coronal, coronet, diadem; (b) such a circlet worn about a helmet; (c) theol. an aureole or halo.

4. ē̆lecciǒun n.

62 quotations in 7 senses
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The action of choosing; choice, free choice; selection.

5. flaumen v.

47 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To emit flames, to be afire, to blaze; ppl. flaumbed, blazing, intense; (b) flaumen of (on, with) fir, to blaze; (c) to give off (fire, light, sparks); flaumen doun, to shed (light) downward.

6. fracciǒun n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The breaking (of an object); fracture (of a bone); (b) theol. the breaking or dividing of the Host; (c) math. an aliquot part of a unit, a fraction or subdivision; also, a mark indicating such a…

7. penaunce n.

297 quotations in 7 senses
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Eccl. & theol. (a) The sacrament of penance or reconciliation; -- also personified; penaunce of the chirche, sacrament of penaunce; bok o (of) penaunce, a treatise on penance, a penitential; taken

8. raunsǒun n.

102 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The release of a prisoner of war by payment; also, fig. with payment in blood; bien raunsoun [see bien v. 1a.(a)]; maken raunsoun, to effect (one's) ransom; also fig.; proferen to raunsoun, offer…

9. 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…

10. sacrifīce n.

81 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The act of offering a life (animal or human) to a deity as an act of propitiation or homage, a ritual slaughter, often followed by immolation of the victim; the formal offering up of produce, a…

11. significāciǒun n.

61 quotations in 4 senses
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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…

12. spiritū̆āl adj.

119 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Immaterial; consisting solely of intellect, purely intellectual; (b) having the properties of the immaterial: of virtues: unbounded, infinite; of torment: intangible; (c) phil. & theol. of form…

13. spǒusaille n.

42 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Marriage, wedlock; also, the sacrament of matrimony; -- also pl.; spousaille lovinge, love pertaining to marriage, marital love; knotte (lok) of spousaille, the marriage bond; oute of spousaille

14. spǒusen v.

74 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To marry off (a maiden); give (a daughter) in marriage (to sb.); spousen togeder, unite (a maiden and a young man) in marriage; ben spoused, of a maiden: be given in marriage; be given in marriage…

15. subǧet n.

124 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) One who is obedient to another or to the wishes of another; a servant; a lover; also fig.; also, something which may be put to the service of man; (b) one who is absolutely under the control of or…

16. substaunce n.

215 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A type or kind of thing; a thing; also, a material thing; up substaunce, above material things, spiritual, transcendent; (b) an entity possessing physical properties; -- used of the incarnate…

17. sufficient adj.

113 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Adequate for a purpose, enough, sufficient; of adequate number, size, strength, etc. for a certain purpose; also, appropriate [quots. 1st & ?c1425]; (b) sufficient to, adequate for (sb. or sth.)…

18. suffīsen v.

149 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To be adequate for a purpose; be adequate in size, quantity, number, etc. for a purpose; be enough or just enough; also, be necessary; suffisen inough, inough suffisen; (b) suffisen for, to be…

19. surquidī(e n.

Additional spellings: surquidie
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Arrogance, presumption, pride; (b) theol. as a branch of the deadly sin of pride: arrogance, presumption; (c) overconfidence.

20. surquidrī(e n.

Additional spellings: surquidrie
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Arrogance, pride; presumptuousness; also person.; also, conceit; (b) theol. as a branch of the deadly sin of pride: presumption, arrogance, self-importance; (c) intellectual presumption; (d)…

21. trinitẹ̄ n.

79 quotations in 3 senses
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The state of having three parts, threefoldness, threeness; also, a threesome, triad, trio.

22. verrei adj.

334 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) Factually accurate, consistent with reality, properly representing the truth; of faith: true; also, orthodox (b) true to an original, truly representative; of an example, analogy, a dictum: apt;…

23. vertū n.

468 quotations in 20 senses
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Physical strength, power; force, energy; also, vigor; also, stamina; vertu of bering (child-beringe), the strength to give birth.

24. wīn(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: wine
141 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) An alcoholic drink, usu. made from crushed whole grapes or from grape juice; also fig. and in fig. context; couchen win, to place a stock of wine in storage; fillen the win, give (sb.) the wine…