Alternative form of A1

(archaic) Towards the back or rear; backwards. / (archaic) In the rear; a distance behind. / By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)

(obsolete) An abacus.

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.

The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.

The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. / The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.

(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks.