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21. abaillen v.

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(a) To furnish bail or surety; (b) to pay bail to (sb. for deliverance of a prisoner).

22. abaishaunce n.

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Lack of composure, ?fear.

23. aba(i)shement n.

Additional spellings: abaishement
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(a) Lowering (of prices); (b) embarrassment, dread, fear.

24. abaishen v.

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(a) To lose one's composure, be upset; -- refl. & intr.; (b) ben abaished, be upset or perplexed (as by fear, shame, surprise); contextually: be afraid, embarrassed, surprised; (c) waxen (becomen)

25. abaishing ger.

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Bewilderment, dismay.

26. abait n.

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(a) A setting on (of dogs), pursuit; (b) excitement; power to excite.

27. abaiten v.

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(a) To incite; to set (a dog on game); (b) to excite (the flesh), make eager.

28. abak adv.

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(a) Of motion: to the rear, backward, back; away; gon bak, stirten abak, throuen abak, fallen abak; drauen abak, withdraw; (b) of direction: back; loken abak; speken abak, reply; (c) of position…

29. abakward adv.

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(a) Backward; drauen or ten abakward, pull back; retreat; loken abakward, look back; turnen abakward, reverse; (b) toward a worse state; gon abakward, degenerate.

30. abandonen, -ǒunen v.

Additional spellings: abandounen
17 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To give up or surrender (sth.); (b) to discard (sth.), cast off; (c) to dispense (sth.) with abandon, give away without restraint; (d) to give (sb) up for lost, despair of saving.

31. abandǒun n.

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Control; under abandoun, under (one's) control; yeven (putten) in or to abandoun, put at (someone's) disposal.

32. abandǒun adv.

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(a) Under control, at one's will; (b) at will, unchecked; (c) freely, fully.

33. abandǒuning ger.

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Surrender.

34. abās adv.

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Down, low; maken abas melodie, to stop singing.

35. abatailled ppl.

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Fortified.

36. abatailment n.

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Battlement.

37. abate n.

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No definition available (stub entry)

38. abātement n.

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(a) Lessening, loss; (b) impairment, infringement; (c) lowering (of prices), depreciation; deficiency, as in the weight of a coin; a deduction for light weight; (d) law the quashing of a suit or writ…

39. abāten, -i(en v.

Additional spellings: abati, abatien
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(a) To knock down or demolish (a wall, etc.); (b) to knock (sb.) down; strike down or defeat (an enemy); (c) strike (sail); cast down (a banner).

40. abater(e n.

Additional spellings: abater
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(a) Something that alleviates pain, an analgesic; (b) a destroyer.