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1. emperǒur n.

32 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The sovereign ruler of an empire, an emperor; esp. the head of the Roman Empire or the Holy Roman Empire; (b) in phrases denoting Roman, as opposed to common or canon law. …

2. neighebor n.

85 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One who dwells nearby, a neighbor; a fellow citizen; an inhabitant of a nearby town or country; (b) of a country, part of the body, a bee: a neighbor (to another country, another bodily part……

3. spī(e n.

Additional spellings: spie
52 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) One who spies on the activities of another; one sent out to make secret observations in a foreign land, a scout or spy; also, a forerunner or messenger [quot. 1449]; (b) mil. one sent into enemy……

4. nātīvitẹ̄ n.

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(a) Birth as a physical event or as the beginning of life; life; the hatching of a bee [quot.: (?1440)]; also fig.; (b) birth as an event conditioned by external influences; birth as the time of……

5. contemplāciǒun n.

44 quotations in 3 senses
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Religious meditation, contemplation of the Divinity and the divine order; contemplacioun of god, hevenli contemplacioun, high contemplacioun; lif of contemplacioun, the contemplative life; ardent or……

6. commaundement n.

75 quotations in 4 senses
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An order, request, or instruction; at (bi) commaundement, on request, in response to an order or instructions; don commaundement, fulfillen commaundement, wirchen commaundement, carry out an order, do……

7. affecciǒun, -tion n.

Additional spellings: affection
64 quotations in 2 senses
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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……

8. air n.(1)

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The gaseous substance surrounding the Earth; air, the atmosphere. [In ancient cosmology, the perisphere of air was said to be surrounded by the perisphere of fire. The perisphere of air was regarded……

9. dēlīt(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: delite
106 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) An emotion of pleasure; esp., sensuous delight; delit in, delit of, delit on, delight in (sth.); fleshli delit, foul delit, sexual gratification; haven delit, to take pleasure; (b) spiritual or……

10. colwer n.

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A kind of snake. …

11. vanitẹ̄ n.

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(a) That which is worthless, transitory, or illusory; also, that which has no purpose (b) the pursuit of that which is worthless or transitory, frivolousness; also, idleness, wastefulness; nemelen……

12. prēferraunce n.

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Advancement in position or status, preferment. …

13. contribūtǒur n.

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One who pays a tax or assessment. …

14. rancū̆ne n.

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Rancor, malice, anger. …

15. flǒurǒun n.

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A little flower; ?a petal. …

16. travail n.

152 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Hard physical labor, toil; also person. [quot. a1425]; an assigned job, one's daily work; also used of a bodily process [quot. ?c1425 Chauliac(2)]; a vocation, trade, craft; man of travail; (b)……

17. prīd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: pride
250 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Unreasonable self-esteem, pride; desire to exceed one's proper station; also, the sin of pride (shading into 1c.); prid of herte; (b) love of praise, vanity; (c) prideful bearing or behavior……

18. charǧe n.

187 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) The cargo or freight (of a ship, a wagon, a pack animal); a load; also, a pack; taken charge, to load up; (b) the action of loading or stocking up; (c) as a measure: the normal load (of a pack……

19. socǒurer n.

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(a) A helper, one who aids; also, an abettor; (b) a rescuer. …

20. ordre n.

333 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Sequence, series; order or arrangement of the alphabet, of elements in a hierarchy, of material in a text, of words, etc.; context [quot.: (a1382)]; ordre of the place, sequence of digits in a……

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