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1. -āble adj. suf.

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In words taken from OF (& L): (a) derived from verbs, with 'passive' meaning: accept-able, agre-able, am-able, blam-able, chaunge-able, forfet-able, fortun-able, honor-able, etc.; (b) derived from……

2. abneveu n.

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?A great-great grandson or grandnephew. …

3. absoilen v.

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(a) Of a priest: to grant absolution to (sb.), remit sin in the name of the Church; (b) of God: to pardon (a sinner); (c) to release (an accused person from a penalty), acquit. …

4. ac- pref.

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5. affīe n.

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Reliance, trust; don affie, setten affie, to put (one's) trust (in sb.). …

6. after- pref.

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Verbal cpds.: (a) after- bending, the second bending, a bending back (of a bow); prob., the shaping process which gives the ends a curvature the reverse of that at the center; after- berende, bearing……

7. -āl suf.

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(a) In numerous adjs. taken from Latin, either directly or by way of Old French, as annu-al, -el, cordi-al, formal, -el, funer-al, gener-al, mort-al, natur-al, tempor-al, -el; (b) in a number of……

8. Aleman(n)es n. (plural)

Additional spellings: Alemannes
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The Germans, the German nation; also, the Teutons. …

9. alma(u)ndīn, -en adj.

Additional spellings: almaundin, almanden, almaunden
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Of the almond tree or fruit; almandin milk. …

10. annulet n.

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(a) a small ring; (b) Med. and anat. the 'cartilage of the windpipe' [Norri]; (c) her. a cadency mark in the shape of a ring. …

11. antē̆me n.

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A musical composition based upon a scriptural text, sung in the Church Offices before each psalm and often repeated after the psalm, or after each verse of the psalm [see Karl Young, The Drama of the……

12. apallen v.

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(a) Of vigor of body or mind: grow or make faint or tired; grow indifferent; of youth: wane; (b) of emotions, memory: fade away or make fade; tone down, allay; (c) of power, honor, fame, etc.: grow or……

13. applicātī̆f adj.

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Suitably applied, applicable, predicable. …

14. arblast, -blastē̆r n.

Additional spellings: arblaster
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(a) A weapon for discharging quarrels, stones, etc., consisting of a bow set crosswise on a shaft; a crossbow, an arbalest; (b) a missile shot from a crossbow; arblast shute. …

15. aretten v.

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(a) To attribute (sth. to sth.); aretten it mi vileinie, attribute it to my ill-breeding; aretten to (in), to impute (sin, guile, unbelief, etc.) to (sb.); aretten to (unto), to place the blame for……

16. -āri(e suf.

Additional spellings: -arie
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In adjs. and nouns adopted from Latin: (a) adjs.: contrarie, necess-arie, secund-arie, solit-arie, volunt-arie, etc, ; (b) agent nouns: advers-arie, apothec-arie, secretarie; (c) other nouns……

17. assimilāten v.

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(a) Physiol. To assimilate; (b) ben assimilat, be similar (to sth.), resemble. …

18. -āt suf.(1)

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(a) In numerous ppls. taken from Latin ( ?& OF), e.g. cre-at, desol-at, determin-at, fortun-at, immacul-at, moder-at, ordin-at, priv-at, separ-at; (b) in several nouns (orig. ppls.) taken from Latin (……

19. -āten verb suf.

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Examples are: cre-aten, desol-aten, equ-aten, fortun-aten, moder-aten, separ-aten. …

20. -aunce suf.

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A suffix forming numerous collective or abstract nouns denoting states, attitudes, or activities, most of them directly borrowed from French, some formed from Latin words in -antia- on the French……

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