Old English | sp | English |
Aback | adv | Backwards, 2. in the rear. |
Aback | phr | "To Be Aback Of" - at the back of, behind. |
Aback | phr | "To be Taken Aback" - to be caught in the front suddenly, by a shift of wind and driven astern. 3. fig. to be disconcerted by a sudden event or situation. 3. to surprise or discomfit by a sudden and unlooked-for check. |
Aback | phr | "To Come Aback" - to retreat, withdraw. |
Aback | phr | "To Drive Aback" - to repulse. |
Aback | phr | "To Hold Aback" - restrain, hinder. |
Aback | phr | "To Put Aback" - repel, reject. |
Aback | phr | "To Stand Aback from" - to stay or reamin aloof. 2. to allow. 3. to eschew. |
Abackward | adv | Backward. |
Abaft | adv | Of direction: backward, in the rear. |
Abane | vb | Put under church ban, abanne, anathemtize, summarily proclaim. |
Abare | vb | To uncover, reveal. |
Abb | n | The woof or weft in web. 2. threads in a woven fabric. |
Abbot | n | The head priest or religious minister of an abbey. |
Abbotric | n | Abbacy, abbotship |
Abbotship | n | The office or rule of an abbot. 2. abbotical term of office. |
A-be | vb | To be. |
A-be | phr | "To Let A-be" - to let or leave alone. |
Abear | n | Bearing, gesture, action, behaviour. |
Abear | vb | To tolerate, endure. 2. to bear, carry. 3. to endure, suffer, now always " cannot abear." 4. to manage or comport oneself. 5. a word of honourable antiquity, widely found throughout the dialects; in London speech considered a vulgarism. |
Abearing | n | The action of managing or behaving oneself, as in 'good abearing.' 2. abearance. |
Abeat | vb | To beat, strike, hit. |
Abecede | n | Alphabet. |
Abeche | vb | To feed. |
Abed | vb | To confine to bed (by illness). |
Abed | adv | Laid up; to bring-a-bed: to deliver of a child |
Abed | phr | "To bring a-bed" - to give birth. |
Abede | vb | Announce. |
A-before | adv | Of former times. |
Abeilan | vb | Vex, offend. |
Abelde | vb | To become bold or bolder. |
Abere | adj | Clear & evident by proof, manifest, notorious |
Abere-murder | n | Plain or downright murder; not manslaughter, unpremeditated killing or chance-medley |
Abide | vb | Wait, stay, remain; continue to be; remain true to, faithful; stand firm; put up with. 2. to wait, stay remain. 3. to wait defiantly, to face. 4. to wait submissively. 5. to wait the issue of, to wait for. 6. |
Abide | phr | "To Abide By" - to remain with, true to, to stand firm. |
Abider | n | One who abides: waits, continues, remain faithful, stands firm, faces up to, submits. 2. one who lives or abides in a certain place for a long time. |
Abiding | n | The action or state of one who abides. 2. an abode, an abiding place. 3. lasting, complying. |
Abiding | adj | Lasting, remaining, steadfast; faithful. |
Abiding | phr | "To be law-abiding" - to adhere to the law and lawful command. |
Abiding-house | n | Place of abode or dwelling. |
Abidingly | adv | In an abiding manner and way. 2. assiduously, patiently. 3. endurinfly, permanently. |
Abidingness | n | Permanence, lastingness. |
Abier | vb | Up or upon a bier or coffin; into the coffin. |
Abite | vb | To bite, nip, taste. |
Ablend | vb | To blind. |
Ablow | vb | To blow or breathe into. 2. to puff up something, to cause to swell. |
Ablow | adv | Blooming, blowing. |
Abode | n | Delay, stay, dwelling-place. nb: OE. 'bode' - waiting, expectation. |
Abode | n | (Abide)The action of waiting, delaying. |
Abode | vb | To presage, prognosticate, forebode, to be ominous. |
Abode | phr | " To be Without Abode" - without delay. |
Aboding | adj | Foreboding, portenting, omnious. |
About | adv | Of postion: around the outside; on or towards every side; all round. 2. on any side; near. 3. nearly |
About | prp | |
Aboutwards | adv | Being near to |
Above | n | Heaven. |
Above | adv | |
Above | phr | "Over and Above" - |
Above-given | adv | Supplied or put above, written above, abovesaid. |
Abovesaid | adj | Mentioned higher up on a document or page, previously mentioned, aforesaid. |
Abow | vb | To bend, incline; fig, to do homage, submit. |
Abraid | n | |
Abraid | vb | To wrench out or away from. 2. pull out, snatch,, withdraw (a sword). 3. to start usually out of step. 4. a swoon or fit, to awake. 5. to spring or dart. 6. arouse or startle. 7. to break forth abruptly into speech, to cry out. 8. ejaculate. 9. to frequent, resort to. |
Abreak | vb | To break into pieces. 2. to break forth, burst out. |
Abreast | adv | With breasts, or fronts, in line; side by side; on a parallel with. |
Abreathe | vb | To give time to recover breathe. |
Abroad | n | Any region outside one's homeland. 2. |
Abroad | adv | Broadly, widely, at large. 2. over a broad wide surface. 3. widely asunder, with fragments or portions widely scattered. 4. widely apart, with the parts or lims widespread. 5. at large, freely moving about; fig. current in the outside world. 6. out of one's home or abode; outdoors; out in the open air. 7. out of the home country, in or into a foreign country. 8. wide of the mark of truth; astray. 9. out, over, thrusted out. |
Abroad | phr | "To Go Abroad" - |
Abrood | vb | Of a bird: on its brood or nest, to be hatching eggs. |
Abrook | vb | To bear, abear, tolerate, brook, endure. |
Abuilding | adj | Being built. |
Aburden | vb | To burden, oppress. |
Aburst | vb | In a burst of rage, in a bursting condition. |
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