| 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 |
| antisepticize | (verb) disinfect with an antiseptic | - |
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| beep | (verb) call, summon, or alert with a beeper | - |
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| (verb) make a strident noise | Synonyms: blare, claxon, honk, toot |
| beplaster | (verb) cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on | Synonyms: plaster |
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| bleep | (verb) emit a single short high-pitched signal | - |
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| blueprint | (verb) make a blueprint of | Synonyms: draft, draught |
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| cheep | (verb) make high-pitched sounds | Synonyms: chirp, chirrup, peep |
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| conceptualise | (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualize, gestate |
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| conceptualize | (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualise, gestate |
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| creep | (verb) move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground | Synonyms: crawl |
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| (verb) to go stealthily or furtively | Synonyms: mouse, pussyfoot, sneak |
| (verb) grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) | - |
| (verb) show submission or fear | Synonyms: cower, crawl, cringe, fawn, grovel |
| crepe | (verb) cover or drape with crape | Synonyms: crape |
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| crepitate | (verb) make a crackling sound | Synonyms: crackle |
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| decrepitate | (verb) to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops | - |
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| (verb) undergo decrepitation and crackle | - |
| deepen | (verb) become more intense | Synonyms: intensify |
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| (verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: compound, heighten, intensify |
| (verb) become deeper in tone | Synonyms: change |
| (verb) make deeper | - |
| depart | (verb) go away or leave | Synonyms: quit, take leave |
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| (verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off |
| (verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: digress, sidetrack, straggle |
| (verb) move away from a place into another direction | Synonyms: go, go away |
| (verb) remove oneself from an association with or participation in | Synonyms: leave, pull up stakes |
| (verb) be at variance with; be out of line with | Synonyms: deviate, diverge, vary |
| depend | (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, look, reckon, rely, swear |
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| (verb) be contingent upon (something that is elided) | - |
| depersonalise | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalize, objectify |
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| depersonalize | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalise, objectify |
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| depict | (verb) give a description of | Synonyms: describe, draw |
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| (verb) show in, or as in, a picture | Synonyms: picture, render, show |
| (verb) make a portrait of | Synonyms: limn, portray |
| depilate | (verb) remove body hair | Synonyms: epilate |
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| deplane | (verb) get off an airplane | - |
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| deplete | (verb) use up (resources or materials) | Synonyms: consume, eat, eat up, exhaust, expend, run through, use, use up, wipe out |
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| deplore | (verb) express strong condemnation of | - |
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| (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bemoan, bewail, lament |
| deploy | (verb) to distribute systematically or strategically | Synonyms: roll out |
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| deplumate | (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tear |
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| deplume | (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplumate, displume, pluck, pull, tear |
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| (verb) strip of honors, possessions, or attributes | Synonyms: displume |
| depolarise | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarize |
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| depolarize | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarise |
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| depone | (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depose, swear |
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| depopulate | (verb) reduce in population | Synonyms: desolate |
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| deport | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, do |
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| (verb) expel from a country | Synonyms: exile, expatriate |
| (verb) hand over to the authorities of another country | Synonyms: deliver, extradite |
| depose | (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depone, swear |
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| (verb) force to leave (an office) | Synonyms: force out |
| deposit | (verb) put, fix, force, or implant | Synonyms: lodge, stick, wedge |
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| (verb) put (something somewhere) firmly | Synonyms: fix, posit, situate |
| (verb) put into a bank account | Synonyms: bank |
| deprave | (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
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| deprecate | (verb) belittle | Synonyms: depreciate, vilipend |
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| (verb) express strong disapproval of; deplore | - |
| depreciate | (verb) lose in value | Synonyms: devaluate, devalue, undervalue |
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| (verb) lower the value of something | - |
| (verb) belittle | Synonyms: deprecate, vilipend |
| depress | (verb) lessen the activity or force of | - |
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| (verb) press down | Synonyms: press down |
| (verb) cause to drop or sink | Synonyms: lower |
| (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, dispirit, get down |
| (verb) lower (prices or markets) | - |
| depressurise | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurize |
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| depressurize | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurise |
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| deprive | (verb) take away | Synonyms: impoverish |
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| (verb) keep from having, keeping, or obtaining | - |
| (verb) take away possessions from someone | Synonyms: divest, strip |
| depute | (verb) transfer power to someone | Synonyms: delegate |
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| (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, deputize |
| (verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, delegate, designate |
| deputise | (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: depute, deputize |
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| (verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputize, step in, substitute |
| deputize | (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: depute, deputise |
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| (verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, step in, substitute |
| epilate | (verb) remove body hair | Synonyms: depilate |
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| epitomise | (verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of | Synonyms: epitomize, typify |
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| epitomize | (verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of | Synonyms: epitomise, typify |
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| epoxy | (verb) glue with epoxy | - |
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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 |
| fireproof | (verb) make resistant to fire | - |
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| housekeep | (verb) maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household | - |
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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 |
| interdepend | (verb) be connected | Synonyms: hang together |
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| intussuscept | (verb) introvert or invaginate | - |
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| keep | (verb) prevent (food) from rotting | Synonyms: preserve |
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| (verb) prevent the action or expression of | Synonyms: hold back, keep back, restrain |
| (verb) stick to correctly or closely | Synonyms: maintain, observe |
| (verb) maintain by writing regular records | Synonyms: maintain |
| (verb) supply with necessities and support | Synonyms: maintain, sustain |
| (verb) hold and prevent from leaving | - |
| (verb) retain possession of | Synonyms: hold on |
| (verb) look after; be the keeper of; have charge of | - |
| (verb) retain rights to | Synonyms: hold open, keep open, save |
| (verb) maintain for use and service | Synonyms: maintain |
| (verb) have as a supply | - |
| (verb) store or keep customarily | - |
| (verb) stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state | Synonyms: prevent |
| (verb) allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature | Synonyms: continue, keep on, retain |
| (verb) conform one's action or practice to | Synonyms: observe |
| (verb) behave as expected during of holidays or rites | Synonyms: celebrate, observe |
| (verb) cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity | Synonyms: hold, maintain |
| (verb) supply with room and board | - |
| (verb) maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger | Synonyms: preserve |
| (verb) fail to spoil or rot | Synonyms: stay fresh |
| (verb) continue a certain state, condition, or activity | Synonyms: continue, go along, go on, proceed |
| (verb) to rear | - |
| misrepresent | (verb) represent falsely | Synonyms: belie |
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| (verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, wangle |
| oversleep | (verb) sleep longer than intended | - |
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| overstep | (verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | Synonyms: transgress, trespass |
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| (verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, go past, pass, top, transcend |
| peep | (verb) appear as though from hiding | - |
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| (verb) make high-pitched sounds | Synonyms: cheep, chirp, chirrup |
| (verb) speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice | - |
| (verb) look furtively | - |
| (verb) cause to come into view | - |
| pepper | (verb) attack and bombard with or as if with missiles | Synonyms: pelt |
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| (verb) add pepper to | - |
| peptise | (verb) disperse in a medium into a colloidal state | Synonyms: peptize |
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| peptize | (verb) disperse in a medium into a colloidal state | Synonyms: peptise |
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| prepare | (verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | Synonyms: fix, gear up, ready, set, set up |
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| (verb) undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession | Synonyms: train |
| (verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: develop, educate, train |
| (verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize |
| (verb) prepare for eating by applying heat | Synonyms: cook, fix, make, ready |
| (verb) to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery | - |
| (verb) lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord | - |
| (verb) educate for a future role or function | Synonyms: groom, train |
| prepay | (verb) pay for something before receiving it | - |
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| preponderate | (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, overbalance |
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| prepose | (verb) place before another constituent in the sentence | - |
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| prepossess | (verb) influence (somebody's) opinion in advance | Synonyms: prejudice |
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| (verb) cause to be preoccupied | - |
| (verb) make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand | - |
| (verb) possess beforehand | - |
| quickstep | (verb) perform a quickstep | - |
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| redeploy | (verb) deploy anew | - |
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| redeposit | (verb) deposit anew | - |
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| (verb) deposit once again | - |
| repaint | (verb) to apply another layer of paint | - |
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| (verb) paint a particular subject again | - |
| repair | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, revive, revivify, vivify |
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| (verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | Synonyms: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, restore, touch on |
| (verb) set straight or right | Synonyms: amend, rectify, remediate, remedy |
| (verb) move, travel, or proceed toward some place | Synonyms: resort |
| (verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: compensate, indemnify, recompense |
| repatriate | (verb) admit back into the country | - |
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| (verb) send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees | - |
| repay | (verb) answer back | Synonyms: come back, rejoin, retort, return, riposte |
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| (verb) pay back | Synonyms: give back, refund, return |
| (verb) make repayment for or return something | Synonyms: requite |
| (verb) act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions | Synonyms: pay back, reward |
| repeal | (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
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| repeat | (verb) happen or occur again | Synonyms: recur |
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| (verb) to say, state, or perform again | Synonyms: ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, restate, retell |
| (verb) to say again or imitate | Synonyms: echo |
| (verb) make or do or perform again | Synonyms: double, duplicate, reduplicate, replicate |
| (verb) repeat an earlier theme of a composition | Synonyms: recapitulate, reprise, reprize |
| (verb) do over | Synonyms: take over |
| repel | (verb) reject outright and bluntly | Synonyms: rebuff, snub |
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| (verb) force or drive back | Synonyms: drive back, fight off, rebuff, repulse |
| (verb) cause to move back by force or influence | Synonyms: beat back, drive, force back, push back, repulse |
| (verb) be repellent to; cause aversion in | Synonyms: repulse |
| (verb) fill with distaste | Synonyms: disgust, gross out, revolt |
| repent | (verb) feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about | Synonyms: regret, rue |
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| (verb) turn away from sin or do penitence | Synonyms: atone |
| repercuss | (verb) cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect | - |
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| rephrase | (verb) express the same message in different words | Synonyms: paraphrase, reword |
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| repine | (verb) express discontent | - |
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| replace | (verb) substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) | - |
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| (verb) put something back where it belongs | Synonyms: put back |
| (verb) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items | Synonyms: exchange, interchange, substitute |
| (verb) take the place or move into the position of | Synonyms: supersede, supervene upon, supplant |
| replant | (verb) plant again or anew | - |
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| replay | (verb) play again | - |
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| (verb) repeat a game against the same opponent | - |
| (verb) play (a melody) again | - |
| (verb) reproduce (a recording) on a recorder | Synonyms: play back |
| replenish | (verb) fill something that had previously been emptied | Synonyms: fill again, refill |
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| replete | (verb) fill to satisfaction | Synonyms: fill, sate, satiate |
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| replicate | (verb) make or do or perform again | Synonyms: double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat |
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| (verb) reproduce or make an exact copy of | Synonyms: copy |
| (verb) bend or turn backward | Synonyms: retroflex |
| reply | (verb) react verbally | Synonyms: answer, respond |
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| repoint | (verb) repair the joints of bricks | Synonyms: point |
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| report | (verb) to give an account or representation of in words | Synonyms: account, describe |
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| (verb) make known to the authorities | - |
| (verb) complain about; make a charge against | - |
| (verb) announce one's presence | - |
| (verb) announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding | - |
| (verb) be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism | Synonyms: cover |
| repose | (verb) put or confide something in a person or thing | - |
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| (verb) lie when dead | - |
| (verb) put in a horizontal position | Synonyms: lay, put down |
| (verb) lean in a comfortable resting position | Synonyms: recline, recumb |
| (verb) to put something (eg trust) in something | - |
| (verb) be inherent or innate in | Synonyms: reside, rest |
| reposit | (verb) put (something) in a place for storage | - |
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| reposition | (verb) place into another position | - |
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| (verb) change place or direction | Synonyms: dislodge, shift |
| repossess | (verb) claim back | Synonyms: reclaim |
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| (verb) regain possession of something | Synonyms: take back |
| repot | (verb) put in a new, usually larger, pot | - |
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| reprehend | (verb) to rebuke or reprimand | - |
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| represent | (verb) to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) | Synonyms: map |
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| (verb) serve as a means of expressing something | - |
| (verb) express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol | Synonyms: stand for, symbolise, symbolize, typify |
| (verb) point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance | - |
| (verb) bring forward and present to the mind | Synonyms: lay out, present |
| (verb) describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality | - |
| (verb) create an image or likeness of | Synonyms: interpret |
| (verb) play a role or part | Synonyms: act, play |
| (verb) perform (a play), especially on a stage | Synonyms: present, stage |
| (verb) be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute | - |
| (verb) be representative or typical for | - |
| (verb) be the defense counsel for someone in a trial | Synonyms: defend |
| (verb) form or compose | Synonyms: be, comprise, constitute, make up |
| (verb) be typical of | Synonyms: exemplify |
| (verb) take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to | Synonyms: correspond, stand for |
| repress | (verb) block the action of | - |
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| (verb) put out of one's consciousness | Synonyms: suppress |
| (verb) suppress in order to conceal or hide | Synonyms: muffle, smother, stifle, strangle |
| (verb) put down by force or intimidation | Synonyms: keep down, quash, reduce, subdue, subjugate |
| (verb) impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of | - |
| reprieve | (verb) relieve temporarily | - |
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| (verb) postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution | Synonyms: respite |
| reprimand | (verb) rebuke formally | Synonyms: censure, criminate |
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| (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, scold, take to task, trounce |
| reprint | (verb) print anew | Synonyms: reissue |
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