{\b Aeneas,} a Trojan prince who carried his father, Anchises, from the blazing city. Dido, Queen of Carthage, received him and his son, Ascanius. She fell in love with him, but he left Carthage at the gods' command, and Dido committed suicide.\
{\b against,} in expectation of, in preparation for the time when, in time for\
{\b Agenor,} father of Europa\
{\b aglet-baby,} tag in shape of a tiny figure\
{\b agnize,} confess, acknowledge\
{\b aim,} target, guess\
{\b Ajax,} a strong, dim-witted Greek hero; mad with anger at not being given the arms of the dead Achilles he slaughtered a flock of sheep as if they were human enemies and killed himself\
{\b alarum,} call to arms, assault\
{\b Alcides,} Hercules\
{\b alder-liefest,} dearest of all\
{\b Alecto,} one of the three fates; her head was wreathed with serpents\
{\b allay,} relief; to qualify\
{\b All-hallond eve,} Halloween, the eve of All Saints' Day\
{\b Allhallowmas,} All Saints' Day (1 November)\
{\b All-hallown summer,} fine weather in late autumn\
{\b allowance,} admission of a claim, reputation\
{\b alter,} exchange\
{\b Althaea.} Her son, Meleager, was fated to live until a brand of fire burned away. After he killed her brothers she burned it.\
{\b amerce,} punish with a fine\
{\b ames ace,} two aces, lowest possible throw at dice\
{\b amort,} spiritless, dejected\
{\b an,} if, though, whether, as if\
{\b anatomize,} dissect, lay bare\
{\b anatomy,} skeleton\
{\b Anchises,} see aeneas\
{\b anchor,} hermit\
{\b Anna,} sister of Dido of Carthage\
{\b anon,} soon, `coming'\
{\b Anthropophagi,} cannibals\
{\b antic,} grotesque pageant, clown; fantastic\
{\b antre,} cave\
{\b ape, to lead apes in hell,} an old maid's function\
{\b Apollo,} god of the sun, music and poetry. Daphne, escaping from his pursuit, was changed to a laurel.\
{\b appaid,} contented, satisfied\
{\b apparently,} openly\
{\b appeach,} inform against\
{\b appeal,} accusation; to accuse\
{\b apple-john,} apple eaten when shrivelled\
{\b appliance,} service, remedy, treatment\
{\b appointment,} equipment, instruction\
{\b apprehensive,} lively, quick-witted\
{\b approof,} proof, trial, approval\
{\b approve,} prove, show to be true, confirm, put to the proof, test, convict\
{\b apt,} willing, impressionable\
{\b Aquilon,} north wind\
{\b Arabian bird,} phoenix\
{\b argosy,} large merchant ship\
{\b argue,} prove, show\
{\b argument,} proof, subject of debate, subject-matter, summary\
{\b Ariadne,} deserted by her lover, Theseus\
{\b Arion,} a singer carried ashore by a dolphin\
{\b arm,} reach, take in one's arms\
{\b arm-jaunced,} jolted by armour\
{\b armipotent,} powerful in arms\
{\b aroint thee,} be gone\
{\b arras,} wall-tapestry\
{\b articulate,} arrange terms, specify\
{\b artificial,} made by art, skilled, skilful\
{\b artist,} scholar, doctor\
{\b Ascanius,} see aeneas\
{\b asnico,} ass\
{\b aspect,} look, glance, position and influence of a planet, sight\
{\b aspersion,} sprinkling\
{\b assay,} trial, attempt\
{\b assubjugate,} debase\
{\b assurance,} pledge, deed of conveyance, guarantee\
{\b assure,} betroth, convey property\
{\b Astraea,} goddess of justice\
{\b Atalanta,} maiden huntress who killed the suitors she outraced\
{\b Ate,} goddess of mischief and destruction\
{\b atomy,} atom, mote\
{\b atone,} reconcile, unite, agree\
{\b atonement,} reconciliation\
{\b Atropos,} one of the three fates; her duty was to cut the thread of life\
{\b attach,} arrest, seize\
{\b attachment}, arrest, stop\
{\b attaint,} conviction, infection; infect, convict of treason, disgrace\
