A large, fast, sea-going vessel; a dromond. …

Med. Erysipelas, or similar eruption on the skin; also, a case of erysipelas. …

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

The action of choosing; choice, free choice; selection. …

Of a material thing, condition, or institution (such as a tree, a river, the moon, fire, light; wealth, property, income, cost; a realm or country, the Church, an army; a report, age, illness, etc.)……

To induct or put (someone into an office, benefice, or condition); to initiate (someone into a branch of learning). …

(a) To provide (someone) with worldly goods, a livelihood, or privileges; to endow (a church, temple, etc.); --often with of, with, or in phrase of the thing given; (b) to grant (a privilege), to……

(a) To intervene (in a conflict), to interpose, interfere;--often refl. and with of, in, on, with phrase; (b) to intrude (oneself), encroach (upon something), meddle or interfere (with matters which……

Hunt. Of hounds: (a) to follow a scent; (b) to follow the wrong scent. …

The act or process of making even or evenly proportioned. …

Prefix of verbs and action nouns adopted from OF, e.g. es-cāpen, es-chaunǧen, es-pleiten, es-soinen. It is not formative in ME. as- and a-, the AF variants of this prefix, occur alongside the CF……

(a) State or condition; (b) stature, build, bodily form; (c) of God, the soul, immortal life, etc.: nature, essential character. …

Law (a) A true copy of an original record, esp. of fines or amercements which have been entered on the rolls of a court to be collected by the bailiff or other authorized officer; (b) fines……

Law (a) The carrying out, putting into effect, or enforcing (of the provisions of a statute, law, will, etc.); execution, enforcement; (b) the execution (of a sentence); the infliction of a penalty or……

(a) Exemption or immunity from the law or a special provision of a law or statute; esp., the exemption from Civil Law enjoyed by the Church; (b) exemption from monastic rules; (c) Poet. freedom (of……

To exempt (from a law or rule); to relieve or exempt (from an obligation or duty). …

Spread out; spread abroad. …

To expedite, facilitate, or give good speed to (a journey); to favor or be propitious to (someone). …

(a) To set forth, explain (something); display, demonstrate; (b) to come forward, exert oneself (cp. OF exploier). …

To set forth, reveal, (facts, doctrines, theories, rules of conduct); describe or tell (orally or in writing); to present (one's case). …