| aestivate | (verb) sleep during summer | Synonyms: estivate |
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| afforest | (verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land | Synonyms: forest |
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| amnesty | (verb) grant a pardon to (a group of people) | - |
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| anaesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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| anaesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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| anesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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| anesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, put out, put under |
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| arrest | (verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back |
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| (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
| (verb) attract and fix | Synonyms: catch, get |
| (verb) cause to come to an abrupt stop | Synonyms: halt, hold |
| attest | (verb) authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity | - |
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| (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: certify, demonstrate, evidence, manifest |
| (verb) give testimony in a court of law | Synonyms: bear witness, take the stand, testify |
| (verb) establish or verify the usage of | - |
| best | (verb) get the better of | Synonyms: outdo, outflank, scoop, trump |
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| bestialise | (verb) make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to | Synonyms: bestialize |
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| bestialize | (verb) make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to | Synonyms: bestialise |
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| bestir | (verb) become active | Synonyms: rouse |
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| bestow | (verb) present | Synonyms: confer |
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| (verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bring, contribute, impart, lend |
| (verb) give as a gift | - |
| bestrew | (verb) cover by strewing | - |
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| bestride | (verb) get up on the back of | Synonyms: climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up |
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| birdnest | (verb) gather birdnests | Synonyms: bird-nest |
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| cobblestone | (verb) pave with cobblestones | Synonyms: cobble |
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| congest | (verb) become or cause to become obstructed | Synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, crap up, foul |
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| contest | (verb) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation | Synonyms: contend, repugn |
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| crest | (verb) reach a high point | - |
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| (verb) lie at the top of | Synonyms: cap |
| defenestrate | (verb) throw through or out of the window | - |
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| deforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: disafforest, disforest |
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| derestrict | (verb) make free from restrictions | - |
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| destabilise | (verb) make unstable | Synonyms: destabilize |
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| (verb) become unstable | Synonyms: destabilize |
| destabilize | (verb) make unstable | Synonyms: destabilise |
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| (verb) become unstable | Synonyms: destabilise |
| destain | (verb) remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast | - |
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| destalinise | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinize |
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| destalinize | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinise |
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| destine | (verb) design or destine | Synonyms: designate, intend, specify |
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| (verb) decree or designate beforehand | Synonyms: designate, doom, fate |
| destress | (verb) reduce the emphasis | Synonyms: de-emphasise, de-emphasize |
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| destroy | (verb) defeat soundly and humiliatingly | Synonyms: demolish |
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| (verb) destroy completely; damage irreparably | Synonyms: ruin |
| (verb) put (an animal) to death | Synonyms: put down |
| (verb) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of | Synonyms: destruct |
| destruct | (verb) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of | Synonyms: destroy |
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| (verb) destroy (one's own missile or rocket) | - |
| detest | (verb) dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards | Synonyms: hate |
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| digest | (verb) make more concise | Synonyms: concentrate, condense |
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| (verb) systematize, as by classifying and summarizing | - |
| (verb) become assimilated into the body | - |
| (verb) soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture | - |
| (verb) soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture | - |
| (verb) arrange and integrate in the mind | - |
| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
| (verb) convert food into absorbable substances | - |
| disafforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: deforest, disforest |
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| disestablish | (verb) deprive (an established church) of its status | - |
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| disesteem | (verb) have little or no respect for; hold in contempt | Synonyms: disrespect |
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| disforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: deforest, disafforest |
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| disinfest | (verb) rid of vermin | - |
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| disinvest | (verb) remove (someone's or one's own) clothes | Synonyms: divest, strip, undress |
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| (verb) reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment) | Synonyms: divest |
| (verb) deprive of status or authority | Synonyms: divest |
| divest | (verb) remove (someone's or one's own) clothes | Synonyms: disinvest, strip, undress |
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| (verb) reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment) | Synonyms: disinvest |
| (verb) take away possessions from someone | Synonyms: deprive, strip |
| (verb) deprive of status or authority | Synonyms: disinvest |
| domesticate | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, tame |
| (verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | Synonyms: tame |
| domesticise | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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| domesticize | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, reclaim, tame |
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| egest | (verb) eliminate from the body | Synonyms: eliminate, excrete, pass |
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| establish | (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Synonyms: demonstrate, prove, shew, show |
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| (verb) institute, enact, or establish | Synonyms: lay down, make |
| (verb) use as a basis for; found on | Synonyms: base, found, ground |
| (verb) place | Synonyms: instal, install, set up |
| (verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: constitute, found, institute, plant |
| (verb) bring about | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) build or establish something abstract | Synonyms: build |
| (verb) set up or found | Synonyms: found, launch, set up |
| esteem | (verb) look on as or consider | Synonyms: be known as, know as, look on, look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, think of |
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| (verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: prise, prize, respect, value |
| esterify | (verb) change (a compound) into an ester | - |
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| estimate | (verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | Synonyms: approximate, gauge, guess, judge |
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| (verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: calculate, count on, figure, forecast, reckon |
| estivate | (verb) sleep during summer | Synonyms: aestivate |
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| estrange | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: alienate, disaffect |
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| (verb) remove from customary environment or associations | - |
| fester | (verb) ripen and generate pus | Synonyms: maturate, suppurate |
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| festinate | (verb) act at high speed | Synonyms: hasten, hurry, look sharp, rush |
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| festoon | (verb) decorate with strings of flowers | - |
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| forest | (verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land | Synonyms: afforest |
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| forestall | (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, counter, foresee |
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| (verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, preclude, prevent |
| gestate | (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: bear, carry, expect, have a bun in the oven |
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| (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize |
| gesticulate | (verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesture, motion |
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| gesture | (verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesticulate, motion |
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| harvest | (verb) remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation | - |
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| (verb) gather, as of natural products | Synonyms: glean, reap |
| homestead | (verb) settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead | - |
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| infest | (verb) invade in great numbers | Synonyms: overrun |
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| (verb) live on or in a host, as of parasites | - |
| (verb) occupy in large numbers or live on a host | Synonyms: invade, overrun |
| ingest | (verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: absorb, assimilate, take in |
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| (verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: consume, have, take, take in |
| interest | (verb) excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of | - |
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| (verb) be of importance or consequence | Synonyms: matter to |
| (verb) be on the mind of | Synonyms: concern, occupy, worry |
| invest | (verb) make an investment | Synonyms: commit, place, put |
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| (verb) provide with power and authority | Synonyms: enthrone, vest |
| (verb) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position | Synonyms: induct, seat |
| (verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors | Synonyms: adorn, clothe |
| (verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: empower, endow, endue, gift, indue |
| investigate | (verb) investigate scientifically | Synonyms: look into |
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| (verb) conduct an inquiry or investigation of | Synonyms: enquire, inquire |
| jest | (verb) act in a funny or teasing way | Synonyms: joke |
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| (verb) tell a joke; speak humorously | Synonyms: joke |
| manifest | (verb) reveal its presence or make an appearance | - |
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| (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, demonstrate, evidence |
| (verb) record in a ship's manifest | - |
| mapquest | (verb) search for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program | - |
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| misestimate | (verb) calculate incorrectly | Synonyms: miscalculate |
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| (verb) to reckon wrongly | Synonyms: miscalculate |
| 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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| 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 | - |
| orchestrate | (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, mastermind, organise, organize |
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| (verb) write an orchestra score for | - |
| overestimate | (verb) make too high an estimate of | Synonyms: overrate |
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| (verb) assign too high a value to | Synonyms: overvalue |
| 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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| 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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| 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 |
| 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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| 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) | - |
| 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 |
| restart | (verb) take up or begin anew | Synonyms: re-start, resume |
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| (verb) start an engine again, for example | Synonyms: re-start |
| restate | (verb) to say, state, or perform again | Synonyms: ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, retell |
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| restitute | (verb) restore to a previous or better condition | Synonyms: renovate |
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| (verb) give or bring back | Synonyms: restore |
| restock | (verb) stock again | - |
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| restore | (verb) get or give new life or energy; return to life, regain energy, recuperate | Synonyms: regenerate, rejuvenate |
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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, repair, touch on |
| (verb) give or bring back | Synonyms: restitute |
| (verb) bring back into original existence, use, function, or position | Synonyms: reestablish, reinstate |
| (verb) return to its original or usable and functioning condition | Synonyms: reconstruct |
| restrain | (verb) prevent the action or expression of | Synonyms: hold back, keep, keep back |
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| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, constrain, hold |
| (verb) restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult | Synonyms: cumber, encumber |
| (verb) prevent (someone or something) from doing something | - |
| restrengthen | (verb) make strong again | - |
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| restrict | (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: bound, confine, limit, throttle, trammel |
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| (verb) place restrictions on | Synonyms: curb, curtail, cut back |
| (verb) place under restrictions; limit access to by law | Synonyms: control |
| (verb) prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed | - |
| restructure | (verb) construct or form anew or provide with a new structure | Synonyms: reconstitute |
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| sequester | (verb) keep away from others | Synonyms: seclude, sequestrate, withdraw |
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| (verb) set apart from others | Synonyms: isolate, keep apart, sequestrate, set apart |
| (verb) undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion | - |
| (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, confiscate, impound, seize |
| (verb) requisition forcibly, as of enemy property | - |
| sequestrate | (verb) set apart from others | Synonyms: isolate, keep apart, sequester, set apart |
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| (verb) keep away from others | Synonyms: seclude, sequester, withdraw |