| besiege | (verb) harass, as with questions or requests | - |
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| (verb) surround so as to force to give up | Synonyms: beleaguer, circumvent, hem in, surround |
| (verb) cause to feel distressed or worried | - |
| desiccate | (verb) lose water or moisture | Synonyms: dehydrate, dry up, exsiccate |
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| (verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from | Synonyms: dehydrate |
| (verb) remove water from | Synonyms: dehydrate |
| design | (verb) plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect | - |
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| (verb) intend or have as a purpose | - |
| (verb) create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner | - |
| (verb) make or work out a plan for; devise | Synonyms: contrive, plan, project |
| (verb) create designs | - |
| (verb) conceive or fashion in the mind; invent | - |
| designate | (verb) design or destine | Synonyms: destine, intend, specify |
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| (verb) assign a name or title to | Synonyms: denominate |
| (verb) decree or designate beforehand | Synonyms: destine, doom, fate |
| (verb) indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively | Synonyms: indicate, point, show |
| (verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, delegate, depute |
| desire | (verb) feel or have a desire for; want strongly | Synonyms: want |
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| (verb) express a desire for | - |
| (verb) expect and wish | Synonyms: hope, trust |
| desist | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: abstain, refrain |
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| hesitate | (verb) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness | Synonyms: waffle, waver |
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| (verb) interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing | Synonyms: pause |
| hypothesise | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| hypothesize | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| preside | (verb) act as president | - |
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| redesign | (verb) design anew, make a new design for | - |
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| 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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| synthesise | (verb) combine so as to form a more complex, product | Synonyms: synthesize |
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| synthesize | (verb) combine so as to form a more complex, product | Synonyms: synthesise |
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| (verb) combine and form a synthesis | - |
| vesicate | (verb) get blistered | Synonyms: blister |
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| vesiculate | (verb) cause to become vesicular or full of air cells | - |
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| (verb) become vesicular or full of air cells | - |