abacinate | (verb) blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes | - |
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abdicate | (verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | Synonyms: renounce |
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abduce | (verb) advance evidence for | Synonyms: adduce, cite |
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abduct | (verb) pull away from the body | - |
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(verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | Synonyms: kidnap, nobble, snatch |
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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abscise | (verb) remove or separate by abscission | - |
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(verb) shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue | - |
abscond | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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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 |
accede | (verb) yield to another's wish or opinion | Synonyms: bow, defer, give in, submit |
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(verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: acquiesce, assent |
(verb) take on duties or office | Synonyms: enter |
accelerate | (verb) move faster | Synonyms: quicken, speed, speed up |
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(verb) cause to move faster | Synonyms: speed, speed up |
accent | (verb) put stress on; utter with an accent | Synonyms: accentuate, stress |
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(verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
accentuate | (verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accent, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
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(verb) put stress on; utter with an accent | Synonyms: accent, stress |
accept | (verb) consider or hold as true | - |
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(verb) react favorably to; consider right and proper | - |
(verb) tolerate or accommodate oneself to | Synonyms: live with, swallow |
(verb) be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal | - |
(verb) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to | Synonyms: consent, go for |
(verb) receive willingly something given or offered | Synonyms: have, take |
(verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | Synonyms: assume, bear, take over |
(verb) admit into a group or community | Synonyms: admit, take, take on |
(verb) receive (a report) officially, as from a committee | - |
(verb) make use of or accept for some purpose | Synonyms: take |
(verb) be designed to hold or take | Synonyms: take |
access | (verb) reach or gain access to | Synonyms: get at |
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(verb) obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer | - |
accession | (verb) make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library | - |
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acclaim | (verb) praise vociferously | Synonyms: hail, herald |
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(verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: applaud, clap, spat |
acclimate | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimatise, acclimatize |
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acclimatise | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatize |
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acclimatize | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatise |
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accommodate | (verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose | Synonyms: adapt |
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(verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: conciliate, reconcile |
(verb) provide a service or favor for someone | Synonyms: oblige |
(verb) provide with something desired or needed | - |
(verb) be agreeable or acceptable to | Synonyms: fit, suit |
(verb) provide housing for | Synonyms: lodge |
(verb) have room for; hold without crowding | Synonyms: admit, hold |
accompany | (verb) perform an accompaniment to | Synonyms: follow, play along |
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(verb) go or travel along with | - |
(verb) be present or associated with an event or entity | Synonyms: attach to, come with, go with |
(verb) be a companion to somebody | Synonyms: companion, company, keep company |
accomplish | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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(verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: achieve, attain, reach |
accord | (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: allot, grant |
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(verb) go together | Synonyms: agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
accost | (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: hook, solicit |
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(verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: address, come up to |
account | (verb) furnish a justifying analysis or explanation | Synonyms: answer for |
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(verb) to give an account or representation of in words | Synonyms: describe, report |
(verb) keep an account of | Synonyms: calculate |
(verb) be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something | - |
accouter | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accoutre |
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accoutre | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accouter |
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accredit | (verb) ascribe an achievement to | Synonyms: credit |
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(verb) grant credentials to | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
(verb) provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials | - |
accrete | (verb) grow together (of plants and organs) | Synonyms: grow together |
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(verb) grow or become attached by accretion | - |
accrue | (verb) grow by addition | - |
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(verb) come into the possession of | Synonyms: fall |
acculturate | (verb) assimilate culturally | - |
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accumulate | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: amass, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up |
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(verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up |
accurse | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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accuse | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: criminate, impeach, incriminate |
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(verb) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against | Synonyms: charge |
accustom | (verb) make psychologically or physically used (to something) | Synonyms: habituate |
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ace | (verb) score an ace against | - |
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(verb) serve an ace against (someone) | - |
(verb) play (a hole) in one stroke | - |
(verb) succeed at easily | Synonyms: breeze through, nail, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through |
acerbate | (verb) make sour or bitter | - |
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(verb) cause to be bitter or resentful | Synonyms: embitter, envenom |
acetify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acidify |
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(verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acidify, acidulate, sour |
acetylate | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylise, acetylize |
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(verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylise, acetylize |
acetylise | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
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(verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
acetylize | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylise |
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(verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylise |
ache | (verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present | Synonyms: languish, pine, yearn, yen |
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(verb) be the source of pain | Synonyms: hurt, smart |
(verb) feel physical pain | Synonyms: hurt, suffer |
achieve | (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, attain, reach |
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achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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achromatize | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatise |
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acidify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acetify |
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(verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidulate, sour |
acidulate | (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidify, sour |
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acknowledge | (verb) accept as legally binding and valid | - |
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(verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: know, recognise, recognize |
(verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of | Synonyms: admit |
(verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
(verb) report the receipt of | Synonyms: receipt |
(verb) express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with | Synonyms: notice |
acquaint | (verb) cause to come to know personally | Synonyms: introduce, present |
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(verb) make familiar or conversant with | Synonyms: familiarise, familiarize |
(verb) inform | - |
acquiesce | (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, assent |
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acquire | (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: develop, get, grow, produce |
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(verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: adopt, assume, take, take on |
(verb) gain through experience | Synonyms: develop, evolve |
(verb) gain knowledge or skills | Synonyms: larn, learn |
(verb) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract | Synonyms: get |
(verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: gain, win |
(verb) locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar | - |
acquit | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do |
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(verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate |
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 |
acuminate | (verb) make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point | - |
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addict | (verb) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) | Synonyms: hook |
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adduce | (verb) advance evidence for | Synonyms: abduce, cite |
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adduct | (verb) draw a limb towards the body | - |
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adjudicate | (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: decide, resolve, settle |
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(verb) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of | Synonyms: judge, try |
adolesce | (verb) become adolescent; pass through adolescence | - |
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advance | (verb) develop in a positive way | Synonyms: come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up |
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(verb) rise in rate or price | Synonyms: gain |
(verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: boost, supercharge |
(verb) develop further | - |
(verb) bring forward for consideration or acceptance | Synonyms: throw out |
(verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win |
(verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | Synonyms: go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress |
(verb) cause to move forward | Synonyms: bring forward |
(verb) move forward | Synonyms: set ahead |
(verb) pay in advance | - |
(verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade |
(verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: boost, encourage, further, promote |
advect | (verb) convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid | - |
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advocate | (verb) push for something | Synonyms: recommend, urge |
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(verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: preach |
affect | (verb) act physically on; have an effect upon | - |
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(verb) have an effect upon | Synonyms: bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on |
(verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: dissemble, feign, pretend, sham |
(verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: impress, move, strike |
(verb) connect closely and often incriminatingly | Synonyms: involve, regard |
affiance | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: betroth, engage, plight |
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afflict | (verb) cause physical pain or suffering in | Synonyms: smite |
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(verb) cause great unhappiness for; distress | - |
affranchise | (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: enfranchise |
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alchemise | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemize |
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alchemize | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemise |
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alcoholise | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholize |
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(verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholize |
alcoholize | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholise |
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(verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholise |
(verb) subject to the influence of alcohol | - |
allocate | (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: apportion |
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allowance | (verb) put on a fixed allowance, as of food | - |
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altercate | (verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap |
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ambuscade | (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay |
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amerce | (verb) punish with an arbitrary penalty | - |
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(verb) punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court | - |
anchor | (verb) secure a vessel with an anchor | Synonyms: cast anchor, drop anchor |
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(verb) fix firmly and stably | Synonyms: ground |
ancylose | (verb) undergo ankylosis | Synonyms: ankylose |
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(verb) produce ankylosis by surgery | Synonyms: ankylose |
anglicise | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicize |
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anglicize | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicise |
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announce | (verb) make known; make an announcement | Synonyms: denote |
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(verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: annunciate, foretell, harbinger, herald |
(verb) announce publicly or officially | Synonyms: declare |
(verb) give the names of | - |
annunciate | (verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: announce, foretell, harbinger, herald |
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antecede | (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate |
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antic | (verb) act as or like a clown | Synonyms: clown, clown around |
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anticipate | (verb) be a forerunner of or occur earlier than | - |
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(verb) regard something as probable or likely | Synonyms: expect |
(verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: foreknow, foresee, previse |
(verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
(verb) be excited or anxious about | Synonyms: look for, look to |
(verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: counter, foresee, forestall |
antisepticize | (verb) disinfect with an antiseptic | - |
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apperceive | (verb) perceive in terms of a past experience | - |
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appreciate | (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: apprise, apprize, revalue |
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(verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: apprise, apprize |
(verb) be fully aware of; realize fully | Synonyms: take account |
(verb) recognize with gratitude; be grateful for | - |
(verb) hold dear | Synonyms: prize, treasure, value |
apprentice | (verb) be or work as an apprentice | - |
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approach | (verb) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | - |
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(verb) move towards | Synonyms: come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near |
(verb) come near in time | Synonyms: come near |
(verb) begin to deal with | Synonyms: go about, set about |
(verb) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character | Synonyms: border on |
arc | (verb) form an arch or curve | Synonyms: arch, curve |
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arch | (verb) form an arch or curve | Synonyms: arc, curve |
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archaise | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaize |
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archaize | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaise |
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archive | (verb) put into an archive | Synonyms: file away |
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