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21. dē̆ceivaunt adj. & n.

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(a) Lying, deceitful; (b) as noun: a deceiver, something that deceives. …

22. dē̆fendaunt adj.

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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……

23. dē̆fēsāble adj.

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Law Of rights to income or property: capable of being voided or annulled. …

24. dēmūr adj.

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Quiet, well-mannered, poised, dignified, grave, sedate; of the sea: calm; benigne and demur, kind and gentle; demur of age, mature; also as AF surname. …

25. denisein n. (& adj.)

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(a) A legally established inhabitant or resident of a city or borough; a citizen as distinct from a non-resident Englishman or a foreigner; (b) a native or citizen of the realm of England; (c) a……

26. dē̆vīsāble adj.

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Assignable by will, capable of being bequeathed. …

27. discontinūẹ̄ adj.

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Law Of the entail of an estate: broken. …

28. distreināble adj.

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Law Liable to be distrained, subject to distraint. …

29. dǒuāble adj.

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Entitled to dower. …

30. eirond adj.

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Her. Of a fish: Upright (in pale) with the head at the top (in chief), as if rising to the surface for air; hauriant. …

31. endǒuāble adj.

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Law Of widows: entitled to the income from a portion of a deceased husband's estate; having the dower rights of a widow; --with of phrase. …

32. English n. (orig. adj.)

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(a) The people of England, Englishmen;--pl.; (b) an Englishman; (c) the Anglian inhabitants (of Northern and Central England), the Angles (as distinguished from the Saxons). …

33. English adj.

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Pertaining or belonging to England or the English people; originating in England; ?also, of Anglo-Saxon stock (as distinct from Norman French) [quot.: (1155)]. …

34. enviǒus adj.(1)

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Given to, or actuated by, ill-will, hatred, or enmity; hostile; also, proceeding from such feeling;--with to or on phrase. …

35. erraunt adj.

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(a) baili(f erraunt, an itinerant bailif or sheriff; (b) bailifes-man erraunt, ?the servant of a bailif erraunt; (c) erraunt Jew, the Wandering Jew (used as a term of opprobrium); (d) justice erraunt……

36. estraunge adj.

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(a) Haughty, reserved; (b) as noun: something external to the body, a foreign substance. …

37. extravagaunt adj.

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(a) Rambling, irrelevant; (b) extraordinary, unusual; (c) Canon law: constituciouns extravagaunt, papal decrees originally not included or codified in the Decretals [see quot.]; (d) spurious, not……

38. fāmǒus adj.

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(a) Celebrated, renowned, famous; (b) well-reputed, estimable; (c) well-known. …

39. fẹ̄r adj.(2)

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(a) Of warriors: fierce, bold, proud; (b) of facial expression: bold, proud; (c) of an enterprise: worthy. …

40. fēsāble adj.

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Capable of being accomplished, feasible. …

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