| ablactate | (verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk | Synonyms: wean |
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| abreact | (verb) discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization | - |
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| abstract | (verb) consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically | - |
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| (verb) consider apart from a particular case or instance | - |
| (verb) give an abstract (of) | - |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| act | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do |
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| (verb) pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind | Synonyms: act as, play |
| (verb) discharge one's duties | - |
| (verb) play a role or part | Synonyms: play, represent |
| (verb) perform on a stage or theater | Synonyms: play, playact, roleplay |
| (verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly | Synonyms: dissemble, pretend |
| (verb) perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) | Synonyms: move |
| (verb) have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected | Synonyms: work |
| (verb) be suitable for theatrical performance | - |
| action | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: accomplish, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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| (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: litigate, process, sue |
| activate | (verb) make active or more active | - |
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| (verb) make (substances) radioactive | - |
| (verb) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter | Synonyms: aerate |
| (verb) make more adsorptive | - |
| (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
| actualise | (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualize |
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| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualize, realise, realize, substantiate |
| actualize | (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualise |
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| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, realise, realize, substantiate |
| actuate | (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: activate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
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| (verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel |
| attract | (verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | Synonyms: draw, draw in, pull, pull in |
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| (verb) exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away | - |
| (verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: appeal |
| bacterise | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterize |
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| bacterize | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterise |
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| benefact | (verb) help as a benefactor | - |
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| character | (verb) engrave or inscribe characters on | - |
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| characterise | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterize, qualify |
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| (verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterize |
| characterize | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterise, qualify |
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| (verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterise |
| coact | (verb) act together, as of organisms | - |
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| compact | (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
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| (verb) compress into a wad | Synonyms: bundle, pack, wad |
| (verb) make more compact by or as if by pressing | Synonyms: compress, pack together |
| (verb) have the property of being packable or of compacting easily | Synonyms: pack |
| contact | (verb) be in or establish communication with | Synonyms: get hold of, get through, reach |
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| (verb) be in direct physical contact with; make contact | Synonyms: adjoin, meet, touch |
| contract | (verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | Synonyms: get, take |
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| (verb) make or become more narrow or restricted | Synonyms: narrow |
| (verb) become smaller or draw together | Synonyms: shrink |
| (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
| (verb) compress or concentrate | Synonyms: concentrate, condense |
| (verb) enter into a contractual arrangement | Synonyms: undertake |
| (verb) make smaller | - |
| (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, press, squeeze |
| (verb) engage by written agreement | Synonyms: sign, sign on, sign up |
| counteract | (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, antagonize |
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| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken |
| (verb) oppose or check by a counteraction | Synonyms: countercheck |
| (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counterbalance, countervail, neutralize |
| deactivate | (verb) make inactive | Synonyms: inactivate |
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| (verb) remove from active military status or reassign | - |
| detract | (verb) take away a part from; diminish | Synonyms: take away |
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| diffract | (verb) undergo diffraction | - |
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| distract | (verb) draw someone's attention away from something | Synonyms: deflect |
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| (verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, trouble, unhinge |
| enact | (verb) act out; represent or perform as if in a play | Synonyms: act out, reenact |
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| (verb) order by virtue of superior authority; decree | Synonyms: ordain |
| exact | (verb) claim as due or just | Synonyms: demand |
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| (verb) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | Synonyms: claim, take |
| extract | (verb) extract by the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil, distill |
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| (verb) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy | Synonyms: excerpt, take out |
| (verb) calculate the root of a number | - |
| (verb) remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense | Synonyms: draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out |
| (verb) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | Synonyms: express, press out |
| (verb) separate (a metal) from an ore | - |
| (verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: draw out, educe, elicit, evoke |
| (verb) get despite difficulties or obstacles | - |
| factor | (verb) resolve into factors | Synonyms: factor in, factor out |
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| (verb) consider as relevant when making a decision | Synonyms: factor in, factor out |
| (verb) be a contributing factor | - |
| factorise | (verb) resolve (a polynomial) into factors | Synonyms: factorize |
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| factorize | (verb) resolve (a polynomial) into factors | Synonyms: factorise |
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| fraction | (verb) perform a division | Synonyms: divide |
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| fractionate | (verb) obtain by a fractional process | - |
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| (verb) separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents | - |
| fracture | (verb) fracture a bone of | Synonyms: break |
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| (verb) become fractured | - |
| (verb) violate or abuse | - |
| (verb) break into pieces | - |
| (verb) interrupt, break, or destroy | - |
| impact | (verb) have an effect upon | Synonyms: affect, bear on, bear upon, touch, touch on |
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| (verb) press or wedge together; pack together | - |
| inactivate | (verb) make inactive | Synonyms: deactivate |
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| (verb) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | Synonyms: demobilise, demobilize |
| infract | (verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Synonyms: breach, break, go against, offend, transgress, violate |
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| interact | (verb) act together or towards others or with others | - |
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| jactitate | (verb) move or stir about violently | Synonyms: convulse, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss |
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| lactate | (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
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| manufacture | (verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | Synonyms: construct, fabricate |
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| (verb) concoct something artificial or untrue | Synonyms: cook up, fabricate, invent, make up |
| (verb) create or produce in a mechanical way | - |
| (verb) produce naturally | - |
| overact | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overplay |
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| overreact | (verb) show an exaggerated response to something | - |
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| playact | (verb) perform on a stage or theater | Synonyms: act, play, roleplay |
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| practice | (verb) learn by repetition | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practise |
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| (verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) | Synonyms: practise, rehearse |
| (verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | Synonyms: do, exercise, practise |
| (verb) avail oneself to | Synonyms: apply, use |
| (verb) engage in or perform | Synonyms: commit |
| practise | (verb) learn by repetition | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practice |
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| (verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) | Synonyms: practice, rehearse |
| (verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | Synonyms: do, exercise, practice |
| protract | (verb) lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer | Synonyms: draw out, extend, prolong |
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| react | (verb) undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions | - |
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| (verb) show a response or a reaction to something | Synonyms: respond |
| (verb) act against or in opposition to | Synonyms: oppose |
| reactivate | (verb) activate (an old file) anew | - |
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| redact | (verb) prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting | Synonyms: edit |
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| (verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: cast, couch, frame, put |
| reenact | (verb) act out; represent or perform as if in a play | Synonyms: act out, enact |
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| (verb) enact or perform again | - |
| (verb) enact again | - |
| refract | (verb) determine the refracting power of (a lens) | - |
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| (verb) subject to refraction | - |
| refracture | (verb) break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way | - |
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| retract | (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recant, resile |
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| (verb) pull inward or towards a center | Synonyms: draw in |
| (verb) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) | Synonyms: draw back, pull back |
| (verb) pull away from a source of disgust or fear | Synonyms: shrink back |
| subcontract | (verb) work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract | - |
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| (verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others | Synonyms: farm out, job |
| subtract | (verb) take off or away | - |
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| (verb) make a subtraction | Synonyms: deduct, take off |
| transact | (verb) conduct business | - |
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| underact | (verb) act (a role) with great restraint | Synonyms: underplay |
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