Editing List of Old English Words in the OED/AS


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|As ||adv||To such an extent or degree.
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|As ||conj||In the same way that; according to what. 2. at the same instant that; when. 3. at the same time that; while. 3. varying through time in the same proportion that. 4. considering that, because, since. 5. introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. 6. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. 7. introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. 8. (dialectal)functioning as a relative conjunction; that. 9. expressing concession; though.  10. (obsolete, rare) than.  
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|As ||phr||"As and When" - used to indicate both the manner and time of doing something (
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|As ||phr||"As a Whole" - considered as a reference to all its parts; at large.
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|As ||phr||"As Best One Can" - not perfectly but as well as possible in the circumstances
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|As ||phr||"As Black as Coal" - very black, black or dirty.
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|As ||phr||"As Broad as Long" - having a length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as the other. 2. coming to the same result by different ways or procedure.
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|As ||phr||"As Far As" - in respect to, in the score of,as relates. 2. to the best of one's knowledge. 3.
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|As ||phr||"As Far As One Can See" - in one's judgement; to the extent one can judge.
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|As ||phr||"As Far Forth As" - to the greatest extent and distance away from
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|As ||adv||"As Follows" - what is listed as next.
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|As ||phr||"As For" - with regard to
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|As ||phr||"As For One" - as far as one is concerned.
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|As ||phr||"As For Something" - with reference to somebody, something. 2. on the subject of.
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|As ||phr||'As From" - on and after a specified date.
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|As ||phr||"As God is my Witness" - I swear, I vow solemnly; truthfully, honestly; before God.
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|As ||phr||"As Good As One's Word" - true to avow or promise. 2. completely reliable, trustworthy.
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|As ||phr||"As Good as the Next One" - just as good as another thing of the same kind.
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|As ||phr||"As Good as the Next Man" - equally as good, virtuous, able to do something, as most people are (often with the implication that one is just that bit better than most).
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|As ||phr||"As If" - of the same kind. 2. in the same way or manner. 3. what it would be if.
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|As ||phr||"As If This is Not Enough" - in addition to something, or doing something, which in itself would appear to be sufficient in the circumstances.
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|As ||phr||"As If Do Something" - in way that indicates an intention to do something, esp when the action mentioned is just not carried out.
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|As ||phr||"As Is - actual, as thing are. 2. that be, that is, as though. 4 fresh, new.
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|As ||phr||"As It Is" - in the actual and often different to expectation and/or hope. 2. in the present or existing circumstances.
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|As ||phr||"As It Were" - in a way; to a certain extent.
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|As ||phr||"As Long As" - during the whole time that. 2. provide that; only if.
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|As ||phr||"As Long As One's Arm" - very long.
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|As ||phr||"As Mad as a Hatter" - abnormal in behavior - from eccentricity to madness.
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|As ||phr||"As Much" - the extent or quantity just specified.
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|As ||phr||"As Needed" - according to need. 2. as required or done.
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|As ||phr||"As of Now" - starting now (from this moment) and from now on.
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|As ||phr||"As of Old" - in the old familiar way, and used to be, still is the case.
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|As ||phr||"As of Right" - by legal entitlement.
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|As ||phr||"As Often as Not" - about as many times as not.
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|As ||phr||"As One Makes One Bed, One Must Lie On It' - one must suffer the consequences of one's actions or choices.
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|As ||phr||"As One Man" - acting unanimously; in unison, precisely alike.
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|As ||phr||"As One Man to Another" - in a way that acknowledges or assumes quality with; similarity between, oneself and another.
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|As ||phr||"As One Might Say" - a comment attached, often somewhat apologetically, to a statement to conceal one identity.
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|As ||phr||"As Soon As" - immediately at or after an other event.
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|As ||phr||"As Soon as Look at" - very readily
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|As ||phr||"As Such" - considered alone; not including anything. 2. in that particular manner, form or function.
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|As ||phr||"As the Crow Flies" - by the shortest and most direct way.
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|As ||phr||"As Things Run" - according to the usual order, condition, quality.
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|As ||phr||"As Things Stand" - in view of, or taking into consideration, a certain set of circumstances, or some particular situation.
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|As ||phr||"As Though" - as if. 2. in the same way or manner.
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|As ||phr||"As We Have Seen" - as has already been shown, demonstrated or proved.
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|As ||phr||"As Well" - in addition; to an equal extent.
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|As ||phr||"As Well As" - also, too, beside; in conjunction with somebody/something specified.
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|As ||phr||"As Well as the Next Man" - in a way that is equally as good as the way other people do it (implying that it may even be better).
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|As ||phr||"As Well as Somebody Might" - as may, or might, be expected of somebody in the circumstances.
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|As ||phr||"As Yet" - until now. 2. up to the present. 3. still now.
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|As ||phr||"As You Were" - (usually after the cancelling/rescinding of a command/instruction): return to your positions.
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|Asad ||adj||Sated, weary, hence tired
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|Asake ||vb||Deny, refuse, renounce, forsake
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|A'sea ||adv||To or towards the sea; at sea.
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|Asear ||vb||Dry up, wither
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|Aseek ||vb||To search after, seek.
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|Aseethe ||adv||Seething.
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|Asench||vb||To cause to sink, submerge, cease
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|Asend ||vb||To send forth.
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|Aset ||vb||To set up, to set out, place, to array, to appoint.
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|Ash||n||Powdery residue of combustion; the solid remains of a fire. 2. (chemistry) The remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process. 3. fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash. 4. human (or animal) remains after cremation (ashes.) 5. 9figuratively) what remains after a catastrophe.
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|Ash ||vb||Chemistry, to reduce to a residue of ash; ashing.  2. to hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette. 2. (obsolete,) to cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
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|Ash ||phr||"Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust" - a phrase used at an English burial to denote finality of one's mortal existence.
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|Ash ||phr||"Dust and Ashes" - in the Old Testament times, a person sprinkled earth,dust and ashes over their head as a sign of mourning. Dust and ashes were expressive of one's deep humiliation, insignificance and worthlessness.
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|Ash ||phr||"Lay In Ashes" - to be devastate or destroyed by fire.
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|A'shake ||vb||To sake off, dispel, to be gone, depart.
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|Ashame ||vb||To feel ashamed, shame. 2. to put to shame, to make ashamed.
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|Ashamed ||adj||Feeling shame or guilt.
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|Ashamedly ||adv||With shame. 2. bashfully.
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|Ashamedness ||n||State of being ashamed.
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|Ashaming ||ppl||Putting to shame, making ashamed.
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|Ash-bin ||n||A bucket for ash and rubbish; a ashcan.
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|Ash-brown ||adj||Of brown or brownish ash in colour.
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|Ashcan ||n||A bucket for ash and rubbish; ashcan.
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|Ash cloud ||n||A large cloud of smoke and debris that forms over a volcano after it erupts. Ash clouds consist of several elements, including ash, gases, dust, steam, rock fragments and other materials that come from inside the volcano and combine in the air above the crater.
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|Ashen ||adj||Of, like or resembling ashes. 2. made of ash wood. 3. pertaining to ashes. 4. pale in color, grey.
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|Ashend ||vb||Confound, disagree, curse, reproach
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|Ash-fire ||n||A low fire of ash and cinders used in chemical operations.
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|Ash-grey ||n||Ash grey in colour.
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|A'shine ||adj||Shining.
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|A'shine ||adv||Luminously.
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|Ash-like ||adj||Like or resembling ash in appearance or colour
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|Ash-looking ||adj||Resembling or looking like ash.
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|Ashore ||adv ||Towards or on the shore or land.
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|Ash-pit ||n||A pit for ashes.
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|Ash tree ||n||Any of the widely distributed genus (Fraxinus) of trees of the olive family, as the American white ash amd the European ash.
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|A'shun ||vb||To shun, avoid, escape.
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|Ashunch ||vb||Terrify, frighten
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|Ash-Wednesday ||n||The Christian day of penitence, which takes place forty days before Easter.
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|Ashweed ||n||Goutweed, Aegopodium podagraria.
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|Ash-white ||adj||Of a whitish-grey colour.
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|Ashy ||adj||Consisting of ashes. 2. covered or sprinkling of ashes. 3. ash-coloured, deadly pale.
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Aside ||n|| A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage. 2. a message that departs from the main subject; digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis.
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|Aside ||adv||Aside or to one side. 2. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts.) 3. not taken into account or excluded from consideration. 4. in a different direction. 5. placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose. 6. in reserve; not for immediate use.
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|Aside ||phr||"Aside From" - apart from.
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|Aside ||phr||"At the Side Of" - besides, (fig): standing staunch with your fellows.
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|Aside ||phr||"Set Aside" - put to one side. 2. keep for special purpose or future use.
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|Aside ||phr||"Take Aside" - engage a person in private conversation.
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|Aside-half ||adv||Aside-hand, on or toone side.
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|Aside-hand ||adv||On the side.
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|Asidely ||adv||Indirectly.
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|Asiden ||adv||Sidewise, obliquely, aslant, sidewards.
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|Asideness ||n||State of being aside, apartness, isolation
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|A'sink ||vb||To sink down, become submerged.
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|A'sit ||vb||To sit, settle, remain sitting.
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|Ask ||n||A newt, eft, or an asker.
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|Ask ||vb||To request (information, or an answer to a question). 2. to interrogate or inquire of (a person). 3. to request or petition; usually with for. 4. to require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.  5. to invite. 6. to publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons. 7. to take (a person's situation) as an example.
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|Ask(s) ||n||An act or instance of asking.  2. something asked or asked for; an asking; the thing asked, inquiry, a request.
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|Ask ||phr||"Above Asking" - too proud to ask.
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|Ask ||phr||"Ask After" - seek news of one health; inquire after one's happiness.
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|Ask ||phr||"Ask for Somebody' - enquiure about somebody's health, happiness
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|Ask ||phr||"Ask For" - to request.
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|Ask ||phr||"Ask For It" - to deserve one's fate, invite unpleasantness or misfortune
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|Ask ||phr||"Ask Me Another" - used in a quiz, contest etc the contestants has answered all the questions correctly and is asking for one, or a series of harder questions.
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|Ask ||phr||'Ask Of" - request somebody to behave, hope he/she will behave in a certain way; expect of.
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|Ask ||phr||"Ask Out" - invite somebody to go out with you.
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|Ask ||phr||"Ask Over" - to invite to one's house.
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|Ask ||phr||"For the Asking" - freely available.
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|Ask ||phr||"If You Ask Me" - in my view or opinion.
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|Ask ||phr||"I Ask You" - an exclamation of disgust, surprize, etc.
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|Asked ||ppl||Mentioned as a request
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|Asker ||n||A questioner, inquisitor. 2. one who asks favors gifts, supplicants, asker for alms, a professional beggar. 3. a prosecutor, plaintiff. 4. exactor, oppressor.
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|Asker ||n||A lizard, newt, ask.
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|Asking ||n||The action of asking. 2. interrogation, inquiry. 3. the action of requesting a favour, a gift, begging. 4. a petition, prayer, supplication. 5. a price asked, a demand. 6. an appeal, a calling for justice or to the law. 7. oppression, exaction. 8. the publication of the banns of marriage.
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|Asking ||adj||That asks, inquiring, begging, supplicant.
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|Asking ||phr||"For the Asking" - freely available.
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|Askingly ||adv||In a asking manner; inquiringly, with entreaty.
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|Aslake ||vb.||To become slack, slacken, feeble, dimming, growing less, abating. 2. to become less hot, to grow cool. 3. to mitigate, alleviate, assuage, to lessen, abate, diminish. 4. to appease a person.
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|A'slay ||vb||To strike, to strike off. 2. to slay, kill.
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|Asleep ||adj||In a state of sleep. 2. lacking sensation. 3. dormant. 4. dead. 5. of the body's extremities: benumbed and usually tingling.
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|Asleep ||adv||In a sleepy state. 2. in the sleep of death, dead.
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|Asleep ||phr||"Not All Are Asleep Who Have their Eyes Shut" - many people lack awareness and mental alertness.
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|Aslide ||vb||To slide, slip away.
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|Aslope ||adj||Sloping, tilted, oblique.
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|Aslope ||adv||With a slope or descent; in a sloping position.
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|A'smear ||adv||Smeared.
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|Asnese || vb||To impale, gore, stab
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|A-soak ||adv||Soaking.
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|A-soft ||vb||To make soft, to soften, mitigate.
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|Asp ||n||A water snake. 2. a venomous viper native to South-west Europe. 2. the Eygptian cobra. 3. a type of European fish.
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|A'spare ||vb||To spare, to afford.
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|A'spare ||adv||Sparingly; at liberty.
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|Aspen ||n||Belonging to the asp tree. 2. fig. tremulous, quavering, quaking, timidity (in reference to a woman's tongue).
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|A'spend ||vb||To spend, expend.
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|Aspen-like ||adj||Weak, timorous, feeble.
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|A'spill ||vb||To spill, waste, render useless. 2. to destroy, slay, kill.
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|A'spread ||vb||To spread out, spread abroad.
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|A'spring ||vb||To spring up, leap, spring forth, spread abroad. 2. to spring into existence, originate, arise.
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|Ass ||n||Any of the several horse-like aniamls, esp Equus Africanus often domesticated and used as a beast of burden. 2. stupid person, fool, idiot.
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|Ass ||phr||"Every Ass Thinks Himself Worthy to Stand with the King's Horses" - the equality of the "great" and the "humble"
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|Ass ||phr||"Make an Ass of Oneself" - to make oneself look foolish.
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|Ass ||phr||"Well, Well! Honey is not for the Ass's Mouth" - persuasion will not persuade fools.
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|Ass ||phr||"Wherever an Ass Falls, There He Never Falls Again" -  one often learns the hard way: by experience.
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|Ass-headiness ||n||Stupidity, asinine behavior, foolishness..
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|Assish ||adj||Asinine, stupid.
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|Assishly ||adv||In an asinine or stupid manner.
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|Assishness ||n||Asininity, stupidity, foolishness, stultiness.
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|Ass-like ||adj||Asinine; ass-headish, stupid.
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|Asself ||vb||To take to oneself; to appropriate.
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|Assy ||adj||Asinine, stupid, stulted.
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|A'stand ||vb||To stand up. 2. to come to a stand, stop, arrive. 3. to remain standing, to continue, abide, resist. 4. to withstand.
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|A-stare ||adv||Staring. 2. prominent.
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|A'start ||vb||To start up, to start off. 2. to start into existence, happen, befall, fall out. 3. get way, avoid, shun, escape. 4. remove, withdraw, desist.
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|A'start ||adv||With a start, suddenly.
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|A'steal ||vb||To steal or slip away.
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|A-steep ||adv||Steeping or soaking way.
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|Asteer ||adv||Earlier form of stir. 2. in stirring up, moving about, in motion; stirring out of bed. 3. in excitement.
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|A'stell ||vb||To set up, set afoot, establish.
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|Asterve ||vb||To die, esp. of hunger. 2. to starve out, destroy, kill.
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|Astint ||vb||To bring to a standstill.
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|Astir ||vb||To stir up, move, disturb. 2. to excite physically and emotionally
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|Astir ||adv||Stirring up, esp. out of bed and moving about in motion; fig. in excitement. see "a'steer.'
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|Astirbroad ||adv||Stirring abroad, moving from place to place.
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|As-told-to ||adj||Usually in reference to a book or some written article: of a biographical account, etc. written by a professional author using material gathered from personal conversation with the subject.
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|A-straddle ||adv||In a straddling position with legs stretch out widely across something or someone.
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|A-straddle ||phr||"A-straddling Of" - a bestriding manner.
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|A-strand ||adv||On or along the strand or shore.
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|A'stream ||adv||In a stream; that streams, streaming, flowing.
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|A'strength ||vb||To strengthen, establish, confirm.
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|A'stride ||adv||With one leg on each side, as a person on a horse. 2. with the legs stretched far apart.
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|A'sty ||vb||To go up, ascend. 2. to rise with its summit. 3. to go or come down, descend. 4. to rise in arms. nb:stygend,
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|A'stying ||n||Ascension.
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|Asunder ||adv||To break into separate pieces or parts.
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|Asunder ||vb||To split in parts.
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|Asundering ||n||The act of putting asunder. 2. separation.
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|Asunderness ||n||The state of being asunder. 2. separation, separateness.
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|A'swarm ||adv||Swarmingly, in a thronging, crowdedly.
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|A'sweat ||adv||Sweating, moist.
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|A'sweeten ||vb||To make sweet or sweeter, dulcify. 2. to make less bitter.
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|Aswelt || vb||To perish, die, become extinct.
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|Asweve ||vb||Put to sleep, put to death, kill, execute. 2. to stun.
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|A'sweven ||n||Sleep. 2. a dream, a vision seen in sleep.
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|A'sweye ||vb||To betray, desert. abandon. 2. to desist, cease, stop.
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|Aswike || vb||To cease, desist, fail, give up
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|A'swind ||vb||To languish away, vanish, perish.
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|A'swind ||adj||Languishing, worn out, enervated.
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|A'swing ||adv||Swinging, swaying.
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|A'swink ||vb||Labour or toil for
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|A'swithe ||vb||To do as quickly as possible
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|A'swithe ||adv||As quickly as possible.
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|A'swolkeness ||n.||Sloth, laziness.
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|A'swoon ||adv||In a swoon or faint.
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|A'swoon ||phr||"To Fall Aswoon." - to faint away.
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|A'swough ||vb||To overgrow, choke.
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|A'swough ||adv||Falling in a faint or swoon.
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|A'sye ||vb.||Sink down, set
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|As-yet-unknown ||adj||Currently unknown
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