| misrepresent | (verb) represent falsely | Synonyms: belie |
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| (verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, wangle |
| molest | (verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, plague, provoke |
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| (verb) harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to | - |
| mudwrestle | (verb) wrestle in mud | Synonyms: mud-wrestle |
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| 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 | - |
| nest | (verb) fit together or fit inside | - |
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| (verb) gather nests | - |
| (verb) move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle |
| (verb) inhabit a nest, usually after building | - |
| nestle | (verb) move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nest, nuzzle, snuggle |
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| (verb) position comfortably | Synonyms: snuggle |
| (verb) lie in a sheltered position | - |
| obsess | (verb) haunt like a ghost; pursue | Synonyms: ghost, haunt |
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| (verb) be preoccupied with something | - |
| obsolesce | (verb) become obsolete, fall into disuse | - |
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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 | - |
| oppress | (verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority | Synonyms: crush, suppress |
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| (verb) cause to suffer | Synonyms: persecute |
| orchestrate | (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, mastermind, organise, organize |
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| (verb) write an orchestra score for | - |
| outguess | (verb) attempt to anticipate or predict | Synonyms: second-guess |
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| overdress | (verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | Synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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| (verb) dress too warmly | Synonyms: overclothe |
| overestimate | (verb) make too high an estimate of | Synonyms: overrate |
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| (verb) assign too high a value to | Synonyms: overvalue |
| overstress | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasise, overemphasize |
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| pester | (verb) annoy persistently | Synonyms: badger, beleaguer, bug, tease |
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| pestle | (verb) grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar | - |
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| phosphoresce | (verb) to exhibit phosphorescence | - |
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| possess | (verb) have ownership or possession of | Synonyms: have, own |
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| (verb) have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill | - |
| (verb) enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas | - |
| precess | (verb) move in a gyrating fashion | - |
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| predestinate | (verb) foreordain by divine will or decree | Synonyms: foreordain, predestine |
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| predestine | (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand | Synonyms: foreordain, preordain |
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| (verb) foreordain by divine will or decree | Synonyms: foreordain, predestinate |
| (verb) decree or determine beforehand | - |
| predigest | (verb) digest (food) beforehand | - |
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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 | - |
| presage | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, prognosticate |
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| prescribe | (verb) issue commands or orders for | Synonyms: dictate, order |
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| (verb) (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription | - |
| (verb) recommend as beneficial | - |
| present | (verb) bring forward and present to the mind | Synonyms: lay out, represent |
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| (verb) cause to come to know personally | Synonyms: acquaint, introduce |
| (verb) deliver (a speech, oration, or idea) | Synonyms: deliver |
| (verb) recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position | Synonyms: salute |
| (verb) formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. | - |
| (verb) present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize | Synonyms: confront, face |
| (verb) perform (a play), especially on a stage | Synonyms: represent, stage |
| (verb) represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture | Synonyms: portray |
| (verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demo, demonstrate, exhibit, show |
| (verb) give as a present; make a gift of | Synonyms: gift, give |
| (verb) hand over formally | Synonyms: submit |
| (verb) give, especially as an honor or reward | Synonyms: award |
| (verb) offer for others to consider | Synonyms: pose |
| preserve | (verb) prevent (food) from rotting | Synonyms: keep |
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| (verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | Synonyms: conserve, keep up, maintain |
| (verb) to keep up and reserve for personal or special use | Synonyms: save |
| (verb) keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last | Synonyms: bear on, carry on, continue, uphold |
| (verb) maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger | Synonyms: keep |
| (verb) keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing | - |
| preside | (verb) act as president | - |
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| press | (verb) force or impel in an indicated direction | Synonyms: exhort, urge, urge on |
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| (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat |
| (verb) lift weights | Synonyms: weight-lift, weightlift |
| (verb) exert pressure or force to or upon | - |
| (verb) place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure | - |
| (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, contract, squeeze |
| (verb) press and smooth with a heated iron | Synonyms: iron, iron out |
| (verb) make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby | Synonyms: push |
| (verb) press from a plastic | Synonyms: press out |
| (verb) create by pressing | - |
| (verb) crowd closely | - |
| (verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, push |
| (verb) be urgent | - |
| (verb) to be oppressive or burdensome | Synonyms: weigh |
| pressure | (verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: coerce, force, hale, squeeze |
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| (verb) exert pressure on someone through threats | Synonyms: blackjack, blackmail |
| pressurise | (verb) increase the pressure in or of | Synonyms: pressurize |
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| (verb) maintain a certain pressure | Synonyms: pressurize |
| (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurize, supercharge |
| pressurize | (verb) increase the pressure in or of | Synonyms: pressurise |
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| (verb) maintain a certain pressure | Synonyms: pressurise |
| (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurise, supercharge |
| presume | (verb) take liberties or act with too much confidence | - |
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| (verb) take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof | Synonyms: assume, take for granted |
| (verb) constitute reasonable evidence for | - |
| (verb) take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission | Synonyms: dare, make bold |
| presuppose | (verb) require as a necessary antecedent or precondition | Synonyms: suppose |
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| (verb) take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand | Synonyms: suppose |
| process | (verb) subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition | Synonyms: treat |
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| (verb) perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information | - |
| (verb) deliver a warrant or summons to someone | Synonyms: serve, swear out |
| (verb) shape, form, or improve a material | Synonyms: work, work on |
| (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: action, litigate, sue |
| (verb) deal with in a routine way | - |
| (verb) march in a procession | Synonyms: march |
| profess | (verb) practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about | - |
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| (verb) take vows, as in religious order | - |
| (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: concede, confess |
| (verb) confess one's faith in, or allegiance to | - |
| (verb) state insincerely | Synonyms: pretend |
| (verb) receive into a religious order or congregation | - |
| (verb) state freely | - |
| professionalise | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalize |
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| (verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalize |
| professionalize | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalise |
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| (verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalise |
| progress | (verb) develop in a positive way | Synonyms: advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, shape up |
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| (verb) form or accumulate steadily | Synonyms: build, build up, work up |
| (verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | Synonyms: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on |
| prophesy | (verb) predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration | Synonyms: vaticinate |
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| (verb) deliver a sermon | Synonyms: preach |
| protest | (verb) utter words of protest | - |
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| (verb) affirm or avow formally or solemnly | - |
| (verb) express opposition through action or words | Synonyms: dissent, resist |
| quest | (verb) seek alms, as for religious purposes | - |
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| (verb) express the need or desire for | Synonyms: ask for, bespeak, call for, request |
| (verb) bark with prolonged noises, of dogs | Synonyms: bay |
| (verb) search the trail of (game) | - |
| (verb) make a search (for) | - |
| question | (verb) pose a question | Synonyms: query |
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| (verb) challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of | Synonyms: call into question, oppugn |
| (verb) place in doubt or express doubtful speculation | Synonyms: wonder |
| (verb) pose a series of questions to | Synonyms: interrogate |
| (verb) conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting | Synonyms: interview |
| quiesce | (verb) become quiet or quieter | Synonyms: hush, pipe down, quiet, quiet down, quieten |
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| reassess | (verb) revise or renew one's assessment | Synonyms: reevaluate |
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| recess | (verb) close at the end of a session | Synonyms: adjourn, break up |
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| (verb) make a recess in | - |
| (verb) put into a recess | - |
| recrudesce | (verb) become raw or open | Synonyms: break out, erupt |
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| (verb) happen | Synonyms: break, develop |
| redesign | (verb) design anew, make a new design for | - |
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| redress | (verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, right |
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| reestablish | (verb) bring back into original existence, use, function, or position | Synonyms: reinstate, restore |
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| reforest | (verb) forest anew | - |
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| refresh | (verb) make fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, refreshen |
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| (verb) become or make oneself fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, freshen up, refreshen |
| (verb) make (to feel) fresh | Synonyms: freshen |
| (verb) refresh one's memory | Synonyms: brush up, review |
| refreshen | (verb) become or make oneself fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, freshen up, refresh |
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| (verb) make fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, refresh |
| regress | (verb) go back to bad behavior | Synonyms: fall back, lapse, recidivate, relapse, retrogress |
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| (verb) get worse or fall back to a previous condition | Synonyms: retrograde, retrogress |
| (verb) go back to a previous state | Synonyms: retrovert, return, revert, turn back |
| (verb) go back to a statistical means | - |
| repossess | (verb) claim back | Synonyms: reclaim |
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| (verb) regain possession of something | Synonyms: take back |
| 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 | - |
| reprocess | (verb) use again after processing | Synonyms: recycle, reuse |
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| request | (verb) express the need or desire for | Synonyms: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest |
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| (verb) ask (a person) to do something | - |
| (verb) inquire for (information) | - |
| rescale | (verb) establish on a new scale | - |
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| reschedule | (verb) assign a new time and place for an event | - |
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| rescind | (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, reverse, revoke, vacate |
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| rescue | (verb) take forcibly from legal custody | - |
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| (verb) free from harm or evil | Synonyms: deliver |
| reseal | (verb) seal again | - |
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| research | (verb) inquire into | Synonyms: explore, search |
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| (verb) attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner | - |
| reseat | (verb) show to a different seat | - |
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| (verb) provide with new seats | - |
| (verb) provide with a new seat | - |
| resect | (verb) surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ | Synonyms: eviscerate |
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| reseed | (verb) maintain by seeding without human intervention | - |
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| (verb) seed again or anew | - |
| resell | (verb) sell (something) again after having bought it | - |
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| resemble | (verb) appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to | - |
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| resent | (verb) feel bitter or indignant about | - |
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| (verb) wish ill or allow unwillingly | Synonyms: begrudge |
| reserve | (verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside |
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| (verb) obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance | - |
| (verb) hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency | - |
| (verb) arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance | Synonyms: book, hold |
| reset | (verb) set to zero | - |
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| (verb) adjust again after an initial failure | Synonyms: readjust |
| (verb) set anew | - |
| resettle | (verb) settle in a new place | - |
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| resew | (verb) sew again | - |
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| reshape | (verb) shape anew or differently | - |
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| (verb) shape again or shape differently | Synonyms: remold |
| reship | (verb) place on a ship again or transfer to another ship | - |
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| reshoot | (verb) shoot again | - |
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| reshuffle | (verb) reorganize and assign posts to different people | - |
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| (verb) shuffle again | - |
| reside | (verb) make one's home in a particular place or community | Synonyms: domicile, domiciliate, shack |
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| (verb) live (in a certain place) | Synonyms: lodge in, occupy |
| (verb) be inherent or innate in | Synonyms: repose, rest |
| resift | (verb) sift anew | - |
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| resign | (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: reconcile, submit |
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| (verb) part with a possession or right | Synonyms: free, give up, release, relinquish |
| (verb) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | Synonyms: give up, renounce, vacate |
| (verb) give up or retire from a position | Synonyms: leave office, quit, step down |
| resile | (verb) return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed | - |
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| (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recant, retract |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| (verb) pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. | - |
| resinate | (verb) impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to | - |
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| resist | (verb) stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something | Synonyms: hold out, stand firm, withstand |
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| (verb) withstand the force of something | Synonyms: fend, stand |
| (verb) refuse to comply | Synonyms: balk, baulk, jib |
| (verb) express opposition through action or words | Synonyms: dissent, protest |
| (verb) elude, especially in a baffling way | Synonyms: defy, refuse |
| (verb) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ | Synonyms: refuse, reject |
| resize | (verb) change the size of; make the size more appropriate | - |
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| resmudge | (verb) smudge again | - |
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| resole | (verb) put a new sole on | Synonyms: sole |
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| resolve | (verb) cause to go into a solution | Synonyms: break up, dissolve |
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| (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: adjudicate, decide, settle |
| (verb) reach a decision | Synonyms: purpose |
| (verb) find the solution | Synonyms: solve |
| (verb) understand the meaning of | Synonyms: answer |
| (verb) reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation | Synonyms: conclude |
| (verb) make clearly visible | - |
| resonate | (verb) be received or understood | Synonyms: come across |
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| (verb) sound with resonance | Synonyms: vibrate |
| resorb | (verb) undergo resorption | Synonyms: reabsorb |
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| resort | (verb) move, travel, or proceed toward some place | Synonyms: repair |
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| (verb) have recourse to | Synonyms: fall back, recur |
| resound | (verb) emit a noise | Synonyms: make noise, noise |
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| (verb) ring or echo with sound | Synonyms: echo, reverberate, ring |
| respect | (verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: esteem, prise, prize, value |
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| (verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honor, honour, observe |
| respire | (verb) draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs | Synonyms: breathe, suspire, take a breath |
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| (verb) undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide | - |
| (verb) breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety | - |
| respite | (verb) postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution | Synonyms: reprieve |
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| resplend | (verb) be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly | - |
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| respond | (verb) show a response or a reaction to something | Synonyms: react |
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| (verb) respond favorably or as hoped | - |
| (verb) react verbally | Synonyms: answer, reply |
| rest | (verb) be at rest | - |
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| (verb) stay the same; remain in a certain state | Synonyms: remain, stay |
| (verb) take a short break from one's activities in order to relax | Synonyms: breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather |
| (verb) give a rest to | - |
| (verb) not move; be in a resting position | - |
| (verb) sit, as on a branch | Synonyms: perch, roost |
| (verb) rest on or as if on a pillow | Synonyms: pillow |
| (verb) put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying | - |
| (verb) be inactive, refrain from acting | - |
| (verb) have a place in relation to something else | Synonyms: lie |
| (verb) be inherent or innate in | Synonyms: repose, reside |