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141. admitten v.

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(a) To allow (sb.) to enter (a place), admit (into the presence of sb.), receive or welcome (sb.); also fig.; (b) to receive (sb. in a certain office or capacity), accept (as ruler, judge, freeman of…

142. admixt ppl.

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Mingled.

143. admixtiǒun n.

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(a) The act or process of mingling, mixing together; admixture; (b) the condition of being mingled or mixed.

144. admọ̄ven v.

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To put on or apply.

145. adolescenci(e n.

Additional spellings: adolescencie
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(a) The age following childhood; esp., the period including the fifteenth to the twenty-first year; also, youth, early manhood; (b) the adolescence or youth of a specific person.

146. adolescent n.

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(a) A youth, a young man; (b) a colt under two years of age.

147. adopciǒun n.

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(a) The act of adopting a child; also, the condition of being adopted; heir bi adopcioun, sone bi adopcioun; (b) God's act in receiving persons as his children; the condition of being a child of God…

148. adopten v.

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Adopt.

149. adoptī̆f adj.

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By adoption; sone adoptif, adopted son.

150. ador n.

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Spelt.

151. adǒuren v.

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(a) To worship (God, a deity); also, worship (the Devil); (b) to show reverence to (sb.), bown down before, honor; (c) to show extreme respect for (sth.).

152. adǒurnen v.

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(a) To decorate or embellish (sth.); also, be an ornament to (sth.); fig. beautify (a language), distinguish (a city); make (one's profession) seem more distinguished; (b) = adouren, to worship (a…

153. adūlāciǒun, -tion n.

Additional spellings: adulation
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Insincere praise, flattery.

154. adūlātor n.

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A flatterer.

155. adulterī n.

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Adultery.

156. adulteǒur n.

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An adulterer.

157. adūnāt ppl.

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United.

158. adūren v.

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To burn (sth.).

159. adust ppl.

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Of medicines or ingredients: treated with intense heat, calcined.

160. adustiǒun n.

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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