| deliquesce | (verb) melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air | - |
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| (verb) melt away in the process of decay | - |
| denounce | (verb) speak out against | - |
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| (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
| (verb) announce the termination of, as of treaties | - |
| (verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | Synonyms: brand, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize |
| descend | (verb) come as if by falling | Synonyms: fall, settle |
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| (verb) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | Synonyms: come down, fall, go down |
| (verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: condescend, deign |
| (verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example | Synonyms: come, derive |
| devoice | (verb) utter with tense vocal chords | - |
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| dice | (verb) play dice | - |
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| (verb) cut into cubes | Synonyms: cube |
| discern | (verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart |
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| discerp | (verb) divide into pieces | Synonyms: dismember, take apart |
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| (verb) cut off from a whole | Synonyms: lop, sever |
| disconcert | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, discompose, untune, upset |
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| (verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: confuse, flurry, put off |
| discountenance | (verb) show disapproval by discouraging | - |
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| (verb) look with disfavor on | - |
| disgrace | (verb) damage the reputation of | Synonyms: discredit |
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| (verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | Synonyms: degrade, demean, put down, take down |
| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, dishonor, dishonour, shame |
| displace | (verb) cause to move, usually with force or pressure | - |
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| (verb) cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense | Synonyms: move |
| (verb) take the place of or have precedence over | Synonyms: preempt |
| (verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | Synonyms: can, dismiss, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate |
| distance | (verb) go far ahead of | Synonyms: outdistance, outstrip |
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| (verb) keep at a distance | - |
| divorce | (verb) get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage | Synonyms: split up |
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| (verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite |
| educe | (verb) develop or evolve from a latent or potential state | Synonyms: derive |
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| (verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: draw out, elicit, evoke, extract |
| efface | (verb) remove completely from recognition or memory | Synonyms: obliterate |
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| (verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | Synonyms: erase, rub out, score out, wipe off |
| (verb) make inconspicuous | - |
| effervesce | (verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming | Synonyms: fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle |
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| effloresce | (verb) come into or as if into flower | Synonyms: burst forth |
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| (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
| (verb) become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation | - |
| embrace | (verb) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | Synonyms: adopt, espouse, sweep up |
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| (verb) hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness | Synonyms: bosom, hug, squeeze |
| (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: comprehend, cover, encompass |
| emcee | (verb) act as a master of ceremonies | Synonyms: compere |
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| emplace | (verb) put into place or position | - |
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| (verb) provide a new emplacement for guns | - |
| enforce | (verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | Synonyms: apply, implement |
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| (verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: constrain, impose |
| enhance | (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: heighten, raise |
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| (verb) make better or more attractive | - |
| enlace | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine |
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| enounce | (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: articulate, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out |
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| ensconce | (verb) fix firmly | Synonyms: settle |
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| entice | (verb) provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion | Synonyms: lure, tempt |
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| entrance | (verb) put into a trance | Synonyms: spellbind |
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| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, fascinate, trance |
| evanesce | (verb) disappear gradually | Synonyms: blow over, fade, fleet, pass, pass off |
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| evidence | (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, demonstrate, manifest |
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| (verb) provide evidence for | Synonyms: bear witness, prove, show, testify |
| (verb) give evidence | Synonyms: tell |
| evince | (verb) give expression to | Synonyms: express, show |
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| eviscerate | (verb) remove the entrails of | Synonyms: disembowel, draw |
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| (verb) remove the contents of | - |
| (verb) take away a vital or essential part of | - |
| (verb) surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ | Synonyms: resect |
| exacerbate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: aggravate, exasperate, worsen |
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| (verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: aggravate, exasperate |
| exceed | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass |
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| (verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: go past, overstep, pass, top, transcend |
| (verb) be greater in scope or size than some standard | Synonyms: surpass, transcend |
| excel | (verb) distinguish oneself | Synonyms: stand out, surpass |
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| except | (verb) prevent from being included or considered or accepted | Synonyms: exclude, leave off, leave out, omit, take out |
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| (verb) object to | Synonyms: demur |
| excerpt | (verb) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy | Synonyms: extract, take out |
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| experience | (verb) undergo | Synonyms: have |
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| (verb) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | Synonyms: know, live |
| (verb) undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind | Synonyms: feel |
| (verb) go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | Synonyms: get, have, receive |
| (verb) undergo or live through a difficult experience | Synonyms: go through, see |
| face | (verb) deal with (something unpleasant) head on | Synonyms: confront, face up |
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| (verb) present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize | Synonyms: confront, present |
| (verb) oppose, as in hostility or a competition | Synonyms: confront |
| (verb) line the edge (of a garment) with a different material | - |
| (verb) cover the front or surface of | - |
| (verb) turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction | - |
| (verb) turn so as to expose the face | - |
| (verb) be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to | Synonyms: front, look |
| (verb) be opposite | - |
| farce | (verb) fill with a stuffing while cooking | Synonyms: stuff |
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| fence | (verb) have an argument about something | Synonyms: argue, contend, debate |
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| (verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify | Synonyms: fence in, palisade, surround, wall |
| (verb) fight with fencing swords | - |
| (verb) enclose with a fence | Synonyms: fence in |
| (verb) receive stolen goods | - |
| finance | (verb) obtain or provide money for | - |
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| (verb) sell or provide on credit | - |
| fleece | (verb) shear the wool from | Synonyms: shear |
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| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
| flounce | (verb) walk emphatically | - |
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| fluoresce | (verb) exhibit or undergo fluorescence | - |
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| force | (verb) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably | Synonyms: thrust |
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| (verb) squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | Synonyms: squeeze, wedge |
| (verb) force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | Synonyms: drive, ram |
| (verb) take by force | Synonyms: storm |
| (verb) do forcibly; exert force | - |
| (verb) urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | Synonyms: impel |
| (verb) move with force | Synonyms: push |
| (verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: coerce, hale, pressure, squeeze |
| freelance | (verb) work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer | - |
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| glance | (verb) hit at an angle | - |
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| (verb) throw a glance at; take a brief look at | Synonyms: glint, peek |
| glycerolise | (verb) place in glycerol | Synonyms: glycerolize |
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| glycerolize | (verb) place in glycerol | Synonyms: glycerolise |
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| grace | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
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| (verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish |
| grimace | (verb) contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state | Synonyms: make a face, pull a face |
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| ice | (verb) put ice on or put on ice | - |
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| (verb) cause to become ice or icy | - |
| (verb) decorate with frosting | Synonyms: frost |
| incandesce | (verb) become incandescent or glow with heat | - |
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| (verb) cause to become incandescent or glow | - |
| incarcerate | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, immure, imprison, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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| incense | (verb) make furious | Synonyms: exasperate, infuriate |
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| (verb) perfume especially with a censer | Synonyms: cense, thurify |
| inconvenience | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, put out, trouble |
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| induce | (verb) reason or establish by induction | - |
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| (verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner | Synonyms: cause, get, have, make, stimulate |
| (verb) cause to arise | Synonyms: bring on |
| (verb) cause to occur rapidly | Synonyms: hasten, rush, stimulate |
| (verb) produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes | Synonyms: induct |
| influence | (verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: determine, mold, mould, regulate, shape |
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| (verb) induce into action by using one's charm | Synonyms: charm, tempt |
| (verb) have and exert influence or effect | Synonyms: act upon, work |
| instance | (verb) clarify by giving an example of | Synonyms: exemplify, illustrate |
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| intercede | (verb) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | Synonyms: arbitrate, intermediate, liaise, mediate |
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| intercept | (verb) seize on its way | Synonyms: stop |
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| (verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | Synonyms: bug, tap, wiretap |
| interlace | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, entwine, intertwine, lace, twine |
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| (verb) hold in a locking position | Synonyms: interlock, lock |
| introduce | (verb) be a precursor of | Synonyms: inaugurate, usher in |
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| (verb) place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing | Synonyms: enclose, inclose, insert, put in, stick in |
| (verb) put before (a body) | - |
| (verb) cause to come to know personally | Synonyms: acquaint, present |
| (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: precede, preface, premise |
| (verb) bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc. | Synonyms: bring out |
| (verb) put or introduce into something | Synonyms: enter, infix, insert |
| (verb) bring something new to an environment | Synonyms: innovate |
| (verb) bring in or establish in a new place or environment | - |
| (verb) bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment | Synonyms: bring in |
| intumesce | (verb) expand abnormally | Synonyms: swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce |
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| (verb) move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically | Synonyms: bubble up |
| intussuscept | (verb) introvert or invaginate | - |
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| invoice | (verb) send a bill to | - |
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| iridesce | (verb) be iridescent | - |
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| jaundice | (verb) affect with, or as if with, jaundice | - |
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| (verb) distort adversely | - |
| jounce | (verb) move up and down repeatedly | Synonyms: bounce |
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| lace | (verb) add alcohol to (beverages) | Synonyms: fortify, spike |
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| (verb) draw through eyes or holes | Synonyms: lace up |
| (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, twine |
| (verb) do lacework | - |
| (verb) make by braiding or interlacing | Synonyms: braid, plait |
| lacerate | (verb) cut or tear irregularly | - |
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| (verb) deeply hurt the feelings of; distress | - |
| lance | (verb) open by piercing with a lancet | - |
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| (verb) pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight | - |
| (verb) move quickly, as if by cutting one's way | - |
| licence | (verb) authorize officially | Synonyms: certify, license |
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| license | (verb) authorize officially | Synonyms: certify, licence |
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| luminesce | (verb) be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence | - |
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| macerate | (verb) soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result | - |
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| (verb) become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking | - |
| (verb) cause to grow thin or weak | Synonyms: emaciate, waste |
| (verb) separate into constituents by soaking | - |
| marcel | (verb) make a marcel in a woman's hair | - |
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| menace | (verb) act in a threatening manner | - |
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| (verb) express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture | - |
| (verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to | Synonyms: endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, peril, threaten |
| mercerise | (verb) treat to strengthen and improve the luster | Synonyms: mercerize |
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| mercerize | (verb) treat to strengthen and improve the luster | Synonyms: mercerise |
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| mince | (verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: moderate, soften |
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| (verb) cut into small pieces | - |
| (verb) walk daintily | - |
| miscegenate | (verb) marry or cohabit with a person of another race | - |
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| misconceive | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| misperceive | (verb) perceive incorrectly | - |
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| misplace | (verb) place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position | - |
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| (verb) place (something) where one cannot find it again | Synonyms: mislay |
| mispronounce | (verb) pronounce a word incorrectly | Synonyms: misspeak |
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| mortice | (verb) join by a tenon and mortise | Synonyms: mortise |
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| (verb) cut a hole for a tenon in | Synonyms: mortise |
| necessitate | (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, need, postulate, require, take |
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| (verb) cause to be a concomitant | - |
| notice | (verb) make or write a comment on | Synonyms: comment, point out, remark |
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| (verb) express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with | Synonyms: acknowledge |
| (verb) notice or perceive | Synonyms: mark, note |
| (verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, discover, find, observe |
| obsolesce | (verb) become obsolete, fall into disuse | - |
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| officer | (verb) direct or command as an officer | - |
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| opalesce | (verb) exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal | - |
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| (verb) reflect light or colors like an opal | - |
| outbalance | (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outweigh, overbalance, preponderate |
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| outdistance | (verb) go far ahead of | Synonyms: distance, outstrip |
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| outface | (verb) overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring | Synonyms: outstare, stare down |
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| outpace | (verb) surpass in speed | - |
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| outsource | (verb) obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out | - |
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| overbalance | (verb) cause to be off balance | - |
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| (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, preponderate |
| overprice | (verb) price excessively high | - |
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| overproduce | (verb) produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted | - |
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| (verb) produce in excess | - |