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161. adverbe n.

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Gram. An adverb.

162. adverbiā̆llī adv.

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By means of an adverb.

163. adversācion n.

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Opposition, hostility; don adversacion, make war.

164. adversārie n.

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(a) One who opposes another, a personal enemy; also fig.; (b) an opponent in war; (c) an antagonist in personal combat, a rival; (d) of animals or things: that which is harmful or inimical to…

165. adversārie adj.

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Opposed, opposing; contrary; hostile, inimical; -- often with to, also ageines, unto; adversarie parti, the enemy.

166. adversatī̆f adj.

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Gram. Of a conjunction: adversative.

167. adverse adj.

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Contrary, opposing, opposed, hostile; of fortune: unfavorable; adverse part(i, the opposing side in war, a lawsuit, etc.

168. advertaunt ppl.

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Turning away (from sin).

169. adverten v.

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To notice (sth.), observe, perceive; it is to ben adverted, it is to be noted.

170. Advincle n.

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The festival S.Petrus ad vincula [St. Peter in chains; cp.Acts 12], falling on Aug.1.

171. advōcāt, advoket n.

Additional spellings: advoket
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(a) A professional pleader in courts of law; counsel, attorney, advocate; (b) one who intercedes for another, mediator, intercessor (esp. of Christ or the Virgin Mary); (c) protector, champion…

172. advocā̆trīce, -trix n.

Additional spellings: advocatrix
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Of the Virgin: advocate, intercessor.

173. advōker n.

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Advocate, intercessor.

174. ǣn-līc adj.

Additional spellings: ænlic
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Of persons: noble.

175. af- pref.(2)

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Only in words taken from Latin or from Latinized OF, as af-fect, af-firmacioun, af-fluence, a(f)-fiaunce. In ME, af- has no meaning, except as it distinguishes af-fect from ef-fect, af-fluence from in

176. affābyl adj.

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Courteous, affable.

177. affecciǒun, -tion n.

Additional spellings: affection
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That faculty of the soul concerned with emotion and volition; the emotional (as opposed to the intellectual) side of human nature, capacity for feeling or emotion; the capacity for desiring or…

178. affect n.

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(a) Capacity for being affected emotionally; capacity for willing or desiring, the will; (b) emotion, feeling; desire, inclination, emotional bent or disposition; frend of affect, a friend by…

179. affect ppl.

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(a) Disposed, inclined; (b) well-disposed, favorable.

180. affecten v.(1)

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To desire (sth.); ben affected to, have affection for, love.